Trump Spotlights Gary Player at Trump Turnberry Resort
Trump promotes his Scottish golf property by featuring nine-time major champion Gary Player at Turnberry, the Ayrshire resort he acquired in 2014.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump promoted his Scottish golf resort by showcasing golf legend Gary Player at Trump Turnberry, the Ayrshire course he has owned since 2014.
The post carried a single photograph of a coastal green beneath Turnberry’s white lighthouse, with a large crowd in period Scottish attire raising their arms in celebration. Player, the 90-year-old South African who won nine major championships, ranks among only five golfers to complete the career Grand Slam. Trump offered no details about the occasion or Player’s role in it.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Gary Player at Trump Turnberry!” on August 9, 2026 at 12:55 PM ET.
This is Trump’s third message released today, and the last post was 4 minutes ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 16 of his 490 posts over the last 30 days classified as Trump Business & Personal Brand posts.
Turnberry sits on the Ayrshire coast of southwest Scotland, its Ailsa course framed by a rocky shoreline and the offshore island of Ailsa Craig. Trump acquired the property in 2014 and has repeatedly pressed golf’s governing bodies to return the Open Championship to the venue. The resort last hosted the Open in 2009, when Stewart Cink defeated Tom Watson in a playoff, and it has not appeared on the championship rotation since Trump took ownership.
The post serves as free promotion for a marquee Trump asset. Featuring a decorated champion alongside the Trump name lends the resort prestige and keeps Turnberry in public view. Rivals in Scotland’s crowded links market, from St Andrews to Royal Troon, compete for the same tourists and tournament traffic that a returning Open would deliver.
Trump Turnberry Resort is pictured during an event at Ayrshire, Scotland on 08/09/2026. The image was shared by President Donald J.
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Player and Trump share a long association. Trump awarded Player the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 7, 2021, in a closed-door East Room ceremony that also honored Annika Sorenstam, according to Google. Player, Sorenstam, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Charlie Sifford and Tiger Woods are among the small group of golfers to receive the nation’s highest civilian honor. That 2021 ceremony drew criticism because it fell a day after the Capitol riot, according to Google.
For an American reader, the appeal is straightforward. A returning Open at Turnberry would offer television audiences a rare championship on one of the sport’s most scenic courses, while raising the profile of a business the president continues to own.
Trump has used social media to spotlight his golf holdings before. He has repeatedly praised Turnberry and his other courses in posts tied to tournaments, renovations and celebrity visits, treating the platform as a promotional channel for the family business.
No governing body has announced a decision on returning the Open to Turnberry, and no date for such a ruling has been set. The R&A, which runs the championship, controls the rotation and has cited logistical and infrastructure concerns about the site.
Golf royalty has long gathered at Turnberry, as it did decades before Trump arrived. The course hosted its first Open in 1977, when Tom Watson edged Jack Nicklaus by one stroke in the celebrated “Duel in the Sun,” with Watson closing at 268 to Nicklaus’s 269. Watson returned in 2009 at age 59 and came within a single putt of a sixth Claret Jug before losing the playoff. The venue’s history has made it one of the most coveted stages in the sport, a legacy that now sits under Trump’s ownership.
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