PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) -R&A officials met with the son of U.S. President Donald Trump this year to discuss the possibility of golf's British Open returning to Turnberry, R&A Chief Executive Mark Darbon said on Wednesday.

The top professional at Trump’s International Golf Club in Florida admitted the president gives himself putts but says it’s justified.

Turnberry is not the only Scottish links being ignored by the R&A. Muirfield, located along the Firth of Forth east of Edinburgh, is reputed to be the purest of links courses. Its first Open was in 1892, and there have been 15 others, most recently in 2013 won by Phil Mickelson. Only St. Andrews has hosted more Opens than Muirfield.

Is Trump Turnberry back in consideration to host a British Open? Maybe. When in 2014 Donald Trump purchased Turnberry, the legendary Scottish golf course where Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus staged their famous "Duel in the Sun" in the 1977 British Open,

President Donald Trump on Sunday bragged about winning yet another golf championship ― but not everyone is buying it. The president wrote on his Truth Social website that he and partner Tommy Urciuoli won the member-member championship at Trump’s Bedminster golf club.

Trump shifted his golf game from Trump International West Palm Beach to his course in Bedminster, NJ. He claims he won the member-member championship.

President Donald Trump is still desperately hoping his own supporters will move on from the Jeffrey Epstein saga and is distracting them with his apparent success on the golf course. Trump announced he’d won the member-member championship at his own golf club in Bedminster,

President Donald Trump plans to visit his golf properties in Scotland late this month, a White House official said on Tuesday, recreating a trip he made in 2016 during his first run for the presidency.

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President Donald Trump is not the only one making news on a golf course these days. So is his granddaughter. According to a recent announcement, Kai Trump, 18, partnered with a trendy energy drink that’s intertwined with the sports world and endorsements for celebrity athletes.