Whats Going On With Donald Trump’s Golf Courses

Eric Trump cut the ribbon on a new clubhouse at a golf course on Monday and said his family’s golf empire is doing “spectacularly,” but the few public numbers available suggest tough times in the second year of his father’s presidency.

Data from New York City obtained in a Freedom of Information request by The Associated Press show revenue at the city-owned course in the shadow of the Whitestone Bridge fell 7 percent last year, echoing some disappointing figures at other Trump resorts.

Eric Trump, leaning against a clubhouse bar that featured Trump Chardonnay and Meritage wines, said revenue for all Trump courses was up last year and business was “profitable.” The Trump Organization’s golf courses generated $221 million in revenue last year, according to the president’s latest financial disclosure report.

Greens fees fell last year at Trump’s Los Angeles course, and his two Scottish resorts and one in Ireland posted losses in 2016, the latest year available.

Nicklaus told the Trump brothers he wa s frustrated with the slow progress of developing the course nearly two decades ago but then Donald Trump got involved.