Roundup: Trump Opens Turnberry In Glorious, Bizarre Fashion!

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Ok, glorious might be strong, but the weather was lovely, the bagpipes flowing and the course looks sensational. Not that anyone noticed with the bizarre Brexit results and an even more bizarre stunt overshadowing the proceedings.

There is Golf Channel's video report on the opening. And an AP report on the day, including quotes from Trump as they toured the course. Though few had anything to do with golf.

A GolfChannel.com gallery of the people and those hats made by the staff!

For the non-golf reaction, Jenna Johnson of the Washington Post says Trump's energy level was down, perhaps after a protester interrupted the opening speeches' beginning. The Secret Service could not have been pleased.

The next day Trump flew to Scotland’s opposite coast, to the golf course he built on sand dunes north of Aberdeen, then had dinner with media giant Rupert Murdoch. At the gate of the Trump International Golf Links, security turned away journalists from The Washington Post, which has been banned from all of Trump’s events for nearly two weeks, BuzzFeed and Politico, along with MacAskill.

Those who were allowed inside followed Trump on a tour of the course, stopping at holes 10, 13, 14 and 18 for questions.

British prankster Lee Nelson snuck into the press conference posing as an employee who’d forgotten to hand out a new line of red golf balls. They featured a swastika.



On a much lighter note, the halfway house looks pretty incredible.


As does the new 9th hole:


The full press conference…