Editing Aberdeen (section)

===Golf===
[[File:HazleheadGolfCourse.jpg|thumb|right|Hazlehead Golf Course]]

The [[Royal Aberdeen Golf Club]], founded in 1780 is the sixth oldest golf club in the world, and hosted the [[Senior British Open]] in 2005, and the amateur team event the [[Walker Cup]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/4750395.stm| title=Golf event to swing into Aberdeen| date=8 May 2006| publisher=BBC| access-date=16 February 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111225011/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/4750395.stm| archive-date=11 January 2009| url-status=live}}</ref> Royal Aberdeen also hosted the Scottish Open in 2014, won by [[Justin Rose]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/13/justin-rose-wins-scottish-open |title=Justin Rose marks return to form with an impressive win at the Scottish Open |author=Ewan Murray |newspaper=The Guardian |date=13 July 2014 |access-date=15 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013222547/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/13/justin-rose-wins-scottish-open |archive-date=13 October 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The club has a second course, and there are public golf courses at Auchmill, [[Balnagask]], [[Hazlehead Park|Hazlehead]] and King's Links.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.asp?lID=49998&sID=17783| title=Golf Aberdeen| publisher=Aberdeen City Council| access-date=8 May 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619054735/http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.asp?lID=49998&sID=17783| archive-date=19 June 2013| url-status=dead}}</ref>

There are new courses planned for the area, including world-class facilities with major financial backing, the city and shire are set to become important in golf tourism. In Summer 2012, [[Donald Trump]] opened a new state of the art golf course at Menie, just north of the city, as the [[Trump International Golf Links, Scotland]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Donald Trump opens controversial Scottish golf course|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Laurie|last=Tuffrey|date=10 July 2012|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/jul/10/donald-trump-scotland-golf-course|access-date=14 May 2018|archive-date=5 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705180026/http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/jul/10/donald-trump-scotland-golf-course|url-status=live}}</ref>