The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, which organizes the Open, the world's oldest golf tournament, said in a statement shortly after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack that it had "no plans" to stage the Open at Turnberry and "will not do so in the foreseeable future."

Overlooking the steel-gray waves of the North Sea and set among dramatic sand dunes in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, the new course is part of what Trump’s family business is promoting as “the greatest 36 holes in golf.

Using this week’s presidential overseas trip to help show off Donald Trump-brand golf destinations demonstrates how the president has become increasingly comfortable intermingling his governing pursuits with promoting his family’s business interests.