President Trump's Golf Course "Applies for COVID-19 Relief Funds"

Three European Courses Including Turnberry in Scotland, Doral Resort in the US Temporarily Lay Off 560 Employees

[Asia Economy Kim Hyun-jun, Golf Specialist Reporter] The golf courses owned by U.S. President Donald Trump have also been directly hit by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Bloomberg News reported on the 24th (Korean time) that "three courses in Europe?Turnberry and Aberdeen in Scotland, and Dunburg in Ireland?have requested operational funding support from the governments of the UK and Ireland due to being unable to operate amid the COVID-19 crisis." The UK and Ireland are running emergency relief funds that provide 80% of wages if companies do not lay off employees. These three golf courses employ 500 people.

They are included in the Trump Organization, operated by Trump's two sons, Eric and Donald Jr., as Trump formally stepped away from business operations upon becoming president. In a statement released through USA Today, Eric Trump said, "We closed the business premises in accordance with the UK government's administrative order," and drew a clear line regarding preferential treatment controversies by adding, "The relief funds are not for the company but for the employees and their families."

President Trump is famous as a real estate tycoon with 20 prestigious courses worldwide and a golf enthusiast with a handicap of 3. He shows his passionate enthusiasm by personally awarding trophies to winners at the Cadillac Championship held annually at Trump National Doral Resort in Miami, Florida. It is ironic that the Doral Resort recently temporarily laid off 560 employees. Earlier this month, 1,500 employees of Trump Hotels in the U.S. and Canada left their jobs.

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