The winter (peak) season rack rate fee for weekday and weekend play on the 7229-yard, par 71Gil Hanse-designed layout has been set at AED 895 and AED 995 respectively.

Emirates Golf Federation (EGF) members will pay AED 715 weekday and AED 795 at weekends.

While not the cheapest green fees in the UAE, the Trump pricing is not the most expensive either and comes with the promise of “golf inspired by the game’s homeland, blended with culinary excellence, white-gloved service and exceptional leisure facilities to create an elegant lifestyle oasis within DAMAC Hills.”

The emirate’s first new course for seven years, Trump Dubai, is to be officially opened in a lavish ceremony headlined by the U.S. President’s sons, Donald Jnr and Eric Trump, on Saturday evening.

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The course, sculpted by acclaimed Rio Olympic Games course designer Hanse, has been in play for more than a month and is expected to create much interest, for its golf and food and beverage offering as much as for the controversial name on the gate.

The club features a soon to be opened nine-hole Par 3 academy course, double-ended and floodlit driving range and excellent short game facilities.

Trump Dubai’s Golf Academy, led by South African Sven Nielsen who was headhunted from Trump Turnberry for the role, is also now taking bookings and will employ technology such as SAM Puttlab and TrackMan Golf in its teaching.

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General Manager Andrew Whitelaw, a 20-year veteran of the Dubai golf industry, is confident Trump Dubai “will reinvent golf and leisure in the region”.

“From it’s world-class golf course, white-gloved Trump Golf service to its exquisite Clubhouse and restaurants, Trump International Golf Club, Dubai brings an unforgettable, seven-star golfing and lifestyle experience to the Middle East,” he says.

Trump Dubai said it was still accepting a “limited number” of founding memberships.

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Trump’s son’s are listed as guests of honour in an invitation sent to guests by developer DAMAC Properties for what is expected to be a lavish opening ceremony at Trump International Golf Club Dubai in Dubailand.

Donald Jnr, 39, and Eric, 33, have been handed control of their father’s global business empire while he is in the White House.

They attended the re-opening of Open Championship venue Trump Turnberry alongside their father, then the Presumptive Republican nominee for the Oval Office, in Ayr last June.

DAMAC pay a licensing fee to the Trump Organisation to use the Trump brand as part of its $6-billion, 28-million-square-foot ‘Akoya by DAMAC’ development.

The Trump Organisation is also involved in the Tiger Woods’ designed and under construction Trump World Golf Club in the new 55 million sq ft Akoya Oxygen development in Al Qadra.

“We are very excited about the opening and look forward to welcoming all our guests to the event and the golf course,” said Andrew Whitelaw, General Manager of Trump Dubai.

The Gil Hanse-designed Trump Dubai layout has begun taking green fee bookings in anticipation of officially opening its doors to the public following Saturday’s opening. The course includes a luxurious 30,000 sq foot clubhouse with several dining options.

The property is located near Dubai Studio City and upmarket residential neighbourhood Arabian Ranches.

Last month, then-President-elect Trump said he turned down a $2-billion deal offered by DAMAC Chairman Hussain Sajwani because he did not want to “take advantage”. DAMAC later confirmed the offer.

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