59 TRUMP NEW green, an island among the dunes, set right alongside the North Sea and with views across the entire property. The thirteenth plays from a high tee back down into the centre of the Dome, while the fourteenth heads back out, punctuated by a large bunker that sits directly in front of the green. There are several distinctive ‘conical’ dunes on this part of the site and the shaping team has reproduced more elsewhere – it is difficult to distinguish which are natural and which have been created. From here, the golfer exits the high dunes for a closing stretch over former arable land that, by stretching four holes into an area that was originally earmarked for five, is inevitably long. “We spent a lot of time as a team discussing how we make every shot on these long holes interesting,” says Lundin. “So the fifteenth, for example, is a three-shot hole. How do we make the tee shot interesting? How do we make the second shot give you tonnes of alternatives, even though one of those is not likely to be to reach the green? That was a fun process. And on eighteen, how can we get players into a position where we get them to ask the question: do you dare go for it in two, or do you lay up and pop it on the green for three?” Among the notable contrasts with the Old course, fairways on the New are generally wider, while more contoured too. “I wanted to make it playable, so golfers could come in and have fun,” says Lundin, who encouraged the introduction of more width, more contours in fairways and more forward tee options. It’s definitely still a strong test, but Lundin points out: “It’s a golf course where if you play to the strategy of the hole, you will get rewarded.” Photo: Jacob Sjöman The short par-three tenth is the first of three holes that run directly alongside the beach “ It’s a golf course where if you play to the strategy of the holes, you will get rewarded”
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