The renowned golf course and clubhouse at Scotland’s Turnberry Golf Club, home to four Open Championships, were severely vandalised on Friday by a Palestinian group that claimed responsibility. The resort has been owned by President Donald Trump since 2014.

Photos of Turnberry show turf on the course dug up and another spot with white letters and statement, “GAZA IS NOT FOR SALE,” while the clubhouse is covered with protest inscriptions in red paint.

As reported by the British golf website bunkered, the group Palestine Action released a statement saying that its action was “a direct response to the US administration’s stated intent to ethnically cleanse Gaza.”

A spokesperson from Palestine Action added: “Palestine Action rejects Donald Trump’s treatment of Gaza as though it were his property to dispose of as he likes. To make that clear, we have shown him that his own property is not safe from acts of resistance. We will continue to take action against US-Israeli colonialism in the Palestinian homeland.”

A spokesperson for Trump Turnberry told the BBC: “This was a childish, criminal act but the incredible team at Trump Turnberry will ensure it does not impact business.

“Turnberry is a national treasure and will continue to be the number one beacon of luxury and excellence in the world of golf.”

Turnberry has been the site of some golf controversy since Trump took ownership. Before his presidency, Trump remodeled several of the holes of the Alisal Course most renowned for Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson’s “Duel in the Sun” in the first Open Turnberry hosted in 1977. More recently, the seventh and eighth holes have been redesigned and were set to debut next month.

In 2021, following the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the R&A announced that Turnberry would no longer host Open Championships as long as Trump remained the owner. The resort last held the Open in 2009, when Stewart Cink beat Tom Watson is as playoff.

In Trump’s second time as president after his election last November, the R&A’s stance has not changed for now. Mark Darbon, the new chief executive of the R&A, told The Telegraph last week: “The position at the moment, in respect of Turnberry, is that we will not be taking events there until we’re comfortable that the whole dialogue will be about golf. That is a situation we’re still not comfortable with, but that could evolve in the coming years.”

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