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BILLIONAIRE Donald Trump has revealed that he will rename one of Scotland’s most famous golf resorts - Trump Turnberry.

The flamboyant US billionaire said he planned to make the Ayrshire hotel and golf course the “best in the world”.

He also confirmed that he will spend at least £100m renovating the resort’s hotel.

He said: “I am honored to own and manage this magnificent property, perhaps the most exciting property there is. We will be spending a great deal of time, effort and money to make Trump Turnberry the finest resort of its kind anywhere in the world.

“I would like to thank all representatives in South Ayrshire for their support and wonderful statements to the media,”

Trump owns 16 golf resorts around the globe including his controversial links course on the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire.

He vowed to shun Scotland earlier this year after he lost his court battle against the Scottish Government’s approval of an offshore wind farm he said would blight his luxury golf resort.

Trump, 67, announced that his global property business would instead focus investment and energy on Doonbeg Golf Club in County Clare on the west coast of the Republic of Ireland.

He has called a halt to future investment at Menie, including the development of a luxury 140-bedroom hotel.