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Report: Aramco Team Series event headed to Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point

The event is scheduled for October 13-15.

The Aramco Team Series is headed to Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx, according to a report in The New York Times.

The New York City-owned golf course is managed by former President Donald Trump’s family business, and has agreed to host the Saudi Arabia-backed tournament in October.

A city official, who was “familiar with the matter but not authorized to publicly discuss it,” confirmed that the women’s golf tournament, part of the Aramco Team Series, was approved to be held by the Eric Adams administration.

Much like LIV Golf, the Aramco Team Series is funded by the entities associated with the Saudi government. The country has been accused of wide-ranging human rights abuses, including politically motivated killings, torture, forced disappearances and inhumane treatment of prisoners. And members of the royal family and Saudi government were accused of involvement in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist.

According to The New York Times, city officials determined that they could not “unreasonably withhold approval” for the event under the city’s contract with the Trump Organization, according to another city official who was familiar with the matter.

A Freedom of Information request filed by the Times showed that Adams, a Democrat, held at least two meetings this year to discuss a potential tournament, according to a copy of his chief of staff’s daily schedules.

LIV Golf already has held a tournament at Trump Bedminster in New Jersey and is scheduled to host another at Trump Doral in Miami in October.

The Aramco Team Series touts the sovereign wealth fund as its’ “presenting partner,” and its title sponsor, Aramco, is Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant.

The women’s team series previously held an event in New York last year at Glen Oaks Clubs in Nassau County. Nelly and Jessica Korda have been among the leading LPGA players to participate. At an Aramco event last week in Spain, Nelly won the individual competition while Jessica was on the winning team.

“Aramco stepped in and they are providing an opportunity for us to compete,” England’s Bronte Law said at an event near London in June. “I think that shouldn’t go unheard.”

The Aramco Team Series website includes an event in New York City scheduled for October 13 through 15, but the venue is listed as “coming soon.”

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NYC’s Ferry Point gets new management group; Trump team looking for $30M ‘cancellation fee’

Lawyers for the Trump team say NYC needs to pay a $30 million “termination fee” because the breach of contract assertion has no legal merit.

A new management company will assume responsibility for running New York City’s Ferry Point — a stunning track that overlooks the city’s dramatic skyline — but the departure from former President Donald Trump’s organization has some saying the process has been ramrodded through.

On Tuesday, a hearing was held in advance of a vote, and lawyers from the Trump team insisted course designer Jack Nicklaus had direct oversight on any decision regarding the course’s management. That wasn’t enough to sway a city panel, however, as members approved the switch on Wednesday. Two panel members voted against the measure, and one insisted that the process needed more time to be thoroughly vetted.

Formerly known as Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, the links-style golf course opened in 2014 and debuted at No. 2 for New York on Golfweek’s Best: State-by-State Courses You Can Play list in 2015, trailing only Bethpage Black. When Ferry Point opened, the city signed a 20-year agreement with the Trump Organization.

While the course opened beneath the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge (on the site of a former New York City landfill) in 2014, a 20,000-square-foot clubhouse, designed by the architectural firm Hart Howerton, was completed in 2019.

President Donald Trump plays golf at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, on Nov. 28, 2020. The former president said Ferry Point, which his group previously managed, could be the best public golf facility in the country. Photo by Alex Brandon/Associated Press

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced earlier in the year that the city would terminate contracts with the Trump Organization in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, which sent lawmakers running for cover in fear for their lives and left five people dead and dozens injured.

Lawyers for the Trump team have said the city will need to fork over a $30 million “termination fee” because the breach of contract assertion has no legal merit, according to reporting by The City, a digital news platform in New York City.

Trump released a statement on Oct. 12 blasting the mayor.

“The course has received rave reviews, is considered one of the top ten open to the public facilities in the United States (could even be the best!), is designed for tournament play, and Mayor De Blasio wants to take it away after all of the work was so successfully done, and so much money was spent,” Trump said in the statement. “So unfair—this is what happens in Communist Countries, not in America!”

Back in June, the Trump Organization legal team said the termination was motivated solely by political pressure. The group invested significantly in the project after New York City failed to complete the course, which ranks 77th on the Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play in the United States list, as judged by Golfweek’s nationwide network of raters.

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“After the City wasted hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money in its prior failed attempts to complete this project, we stepped in and, at the City’s request (much like Wollman Rink in the 1980s), invested over $30 million of our own money to deliver to the people of the City of New York what has been widely recognized as one of the most magnificent public golf experiences anywhere in the country,” said a statement from the Trump Organization.

Atlanta-based Bobby Jones Links was chosen to take over the property, which means assuming daily golf operations, handling instruction programs on-site and coordinating food and beverage concessions.

“We are honored the City has selected Bobby Jones Links to be the next steward of one of New York City’s most remarkable recreational assets,” said Whitney Crouse, founding partner of Bobby Jones Links. “Ferry Point Links is one of the premier golf courses and experiences in the nation and we are honored to bring our service-based culture and extensive industry knowledge to this highly acclaimed golf course. Bobby Jones Links has been an innovator in the golf course management industry for more than 22 years with collective experience at more than 200 courses worldwide.”

According to a release, the new management group will make some changes at the course after it closes in November.

“The golf course and high-quality dining experiences will not change,” said Crouse. “However, we do plan to make enhancements that we believe will benefit the residents and golfers of New York.”

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Did NYC wrongly cancel a deal with Trump’s Ferry Point course solely due to the insurrection? That’s what a lawsuit contends.

A lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court this week alleges that the mayor of New York City canceled a contract with The Trump Organization’s Ferry Point golf course solely as a political response to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The …

The Trump Organization legal team said the termination was motivated solely by political pressure. The group invested significantly in the project after New York City failed to complete the course, which ranks 77th on the Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play in the United States list, as judged by our nationwide network of raters.

The attack, which sent lawmakers running for cover in fear for their lives, left five people dead and dozens injured.

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The city’s law department released the following statement in response to the suit:

“The actions of Mr. Trump to incite a deadly riot at the Capitol on January 6th caused a breach of the Ferry Point contract and we will vigorously defend the City’s decision to terminate the contract. The City properly followed the termination process detailed in the contract and we look forward to selecting a new vendor for Ferry Point that will further the best interests of New Yorkers.”

The suit is expected to be dismissed because the contract the Trump Organization signed with the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation could be terminated “at-will” — though Trump’s company notes that an at-will termination “shall not be arbitrary or capricious.”

Ferry Point is a 222-acre parcel on the southern tip of Bronx County, N.Y. It sits under the northern side of the Whitestone Bridge and includes shoreline along the East River. For decades, it was an open dump, used in the 1960s for household trash and in the ’70s and ’80s as a dumping ground for construction debris. Plans for a capped landfill to include a golf course had circulated in city planning offices since the early 1990s.

A general view at Trump Golf Links Ferry Point. (Mike Pont/WireImage)

“It’s a spectacular piece of land, a major-championship site literally right next to everything, on the city,” Donald Trump told Golfweek in 2012. The course opened in 2015. “It’s important for golf. Golf has been suffering lately, and it’s a major course in the biggest city in the world.”

For such projects, Trump says he doesn’t need to do a detailed cost-benefit analysis. “My feasibility study is my gut,” he said.

Previously, the PGA of America announced in January that Trump Bedminster would no longer host its major championship in 2022. That news came just days after the mob breached the United States Capitol and caused chaos.

“The PGA of America Board of Directors voted tonight to exercise the right to terminate the agreement to play the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump Bedminster,” came a Tweet from Jim Richerson, PGA of America President.

According to Golfweek’s Eamon Lynch, moving the 2022 PGA Championship had been debated internally at the PGA of America for more than two years, but executives had previously been reluctant.

In 2015, the Grand Slam of Golf at Trump National Los Angeles Golf Club was canceled after he made a comment about Mexican immigrants.

New York City plans to cancel Trumps’ contract to run Ferry Point Golf Course

Trump Organization vows to fight Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to end contract, another blow to President Donald Trump’s golf organization

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that the City of New York is taking steps to terminate the Trump Organization’s contract to run the city’s Ferry Point Golf Course – also known as Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point – as well as contracts to operate the Central Park Carousel and two skating rinks.

The decision came a week after a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol while a joint session of Congress prepared to formalize the 2020 election results favoring Joe Biden. Five people died in the assault on the Capitol, including Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick.

The Jack Nicklaus-designed Ferry Point opened in 2015 in the Bronx. Built on an old landfill, it ranks No. 2 in New York on Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play state-by-state list for public-access layouts. The course sits near the Whitestone Bridge and offers views of Manhattan.

“The President incited a rebellion against the United States government that killed five people and threatened to derail the constitutional transfer of power,” de Blasio said in a statement announcing the city’s plan to cancel the contracts. “The City of New York will not be associated with those unforgivable acts in any shape, way or form, and we are immediately taking steps to terminate all Trump Organization contracts.”

The statement by the city said it could take several months to terminate the contract at Ferry Point. The other contracts can be ended sooner.

Eric Trump, the outgoing President’s son who has been part of management for Trump Organization after his father ascended to the Presidency in 2016, replied with a statement to several media outlets, including NBC News.

“Yet another example of Mayor de Blasio’s blatant disregard for the facts,” Eric Trump said. “The City of New York has no legal right to end our contracts, and if they elect to proceed, they will owe the Trump Organization over $30 million. This is nothing more than political discrimination, an attempt to infringe on the first amendment and we plan to fight vigorously.”

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Counting Ferry Point, Trump owns or operates 19 golf properties around the world, stretching from Scotland to Dubai. Twelve of those are in the U.S.

The mayor’s announcement wasn’t the first blow to the Trump Organization’s golf operations since the Jan. 6 riot. The PGA of America announced Sunday that it was removing the 2022 PGA Championship from Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, New York. The R&A, which governs the game in much of the world away from the United States, followed with a statement that Trump Turnberry in Scotland would not host the British Open any time soon.