A Florida golf club owned by President Donald

Trump agreed on Friday to pay $5.45 million to

settle claims by former members that it

wrongfully refused to refund their deposits when

they wanted to resign.

The payout is more than 94 percent of the

$5.77 million that U.S. District Judge Kenneth

Marra, who must approve the settlement, last

February had ordered the Trump National Golf

Club in Jupiter, Florida, to pay.

Lawyers for the golf club and the Trump

Organization did not immediately respond to

requests for comment.

The club had been scheduled to argue its

appeal of Marra’s ruling in May, court records

show.

“In our view, the class prevailed,” Brad Edwards,

a lawyer for the former club members, said in

an email.

The lawsuit began after Trump changed

membership rules for the club, which he had

acquired from Ritz-Carlton in November 2012.

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Under the old rules, members who wanted to

resign could keep playing golf until their

replacements were found.

But Trump declared in a letter that “as the

owner of the club” he did not want them using

the club, and “you’re out.”

Marra, in his February 2017 ruling, said this

served to cancel the memberships, justifying a

return of $4.85 million of deposits to 65

members, plus interest.

In court papers on Friday, the plaintiffs’ lawyers

said the former members would recoup about 71

percent of their deposits, after deducting legal

fees and expenses.