63 TRUMP NEW together offering a rich and complete expression of the linksland.” Some golf course architects would baulk at the idea of being part of a collaboration, but those involved with the New appear to have embraced the dynamic. “It has indeed been very much a team-led project,” says Hawtree. “Under the inspirational direction of Eric Trump, all those involved have contributed to the end result. It could probably not have been done quite like this if it were not for the experience of Esie’s team in working for Mr Trump on the first course (as well as at Turnberry and Doonbeg in Ireland) and many years’ understanding of the links environment for golf. The burden of achieving the Trump vision has been made easier with the leadership of Eric but all consultants – who included ecologists, agronomists, geomorphologists, civil and hydraulic engineers, irrigation specialists, greenkeepers, project managers as well as architects – have contributed hugely and formed a remarkable and stimulating team. “It is a different course to the first one, as intended, but its themes are wholly compatible and sympathetic to those of the first course. They make a unique duo. To use a musical term I may have produced a ‘ground base’ for this course but it is not a Hawtree course, it is a Trump course and that is what it should be.” The New is a high-octane adventure that offers a thrill a minute, particularly among the holes routed among the enormous natural dunes. Is it better than the Old? The jury will probably be divided. But that’s exactly what the club will have wanted: two courses of marked contrast but comparable appeal, where anyone visiting for a single round would miss out on one of golf’s most startling experiences. Photo: Jacob Sjöman The green of the par-four sixth, one of six holes with water in play “ The New is a high-octane adventure that offers a thrill a minute”
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