Donald Trump and golf is more than a game. It is a passion." In 1999, Trump opened his first golf course: the Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach in Florida. Land for the US$45 million course was acquired through a lawsuit against Palm Beach County, Florida after Trump's purchase of the Mar-a-Lago resort. By 2007, Trump owned 4 courses around the US. Following the financial crisis of 2007–2008, Trump began purchasing existing golf courses and re-designing them. Golf courses owned by Trump hosted the LPGA Tour finale from 2001 to 2008, as well as the 2009 US Junior Amateur and US Junior Girls
Philippine Open (golf) Philippine Open (golf) The Philippine Open was one of the world's longest running men's golf tournaments. First held in 1913, it is also Asia's oldest golf tournament and Asia's oldest national golf open. It was last played in 2018. The most distinguished golfer who has won the tournament is five times British Open champion Peter Thomson of Australia. The event has been held in a variety of different golf courses around the Philippines and was an official money event on the Asian Tour from 1996 through 2015. In March 2006 the National Golf Association of the Philippines granted all marketing