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
Somerby Golf Club and Community ranked 8th in 2005, by "Golf Digest", for best new golf private golf courses in the US. "Golfweek Magazine" rated Somerby in 2006, as a residential "Course of Distinction". In 2007, "Golf Digest" ranked Somerby 7th, for the best Minnesota courses. Somerby hosted a Nationwide Tour event called the Showdown at Somerby in 2006 and 2007. The Somerby Golf Community is an exclusive, high-end master-planned community, with both on-and-off-course homes and home sites surrounding the golf course. Other amenities include private members/residents-only; clubhouse, restaurant and bar, swimming pool and hot-tubs, tennis courts, and a park. Somerby Golf Club and Community