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
Garden City Golf Club Spring Invitational to the Walter J. Travis Invitational in 1927. Held annually since 1902, it has now become one of the premier mid-amateur golf tournaments in the New York metropolitan area. In 2013, the Garden City Golf Club was ranked 26th overall in "Golf Magazines list of the Top 100 Courses in the U.S., 47th in "Golf Magazines list of the Top 100 Courses in the World, 55th in "Golf Digest"'s list of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses, and 9th among Golf Digest's golf courses in New York City. Garden City Golf Club The Garden City Golf Club is a