The Newest Residents Of Shitstain's Bronx Golf Course - Coyotes

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Donald Trump has a $269m golf course in New York City that is regularly prowled by feared, largely nocturnal individuals that instinctively prey upon those they deem smaller and weaker. We are, of course, talking about coyotes.

The shrewd canines have spread so far from their ranges in the western US that they are now making unlikely homes in cities on the east coast, including beside the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, a landscaped sward frequented by visor- and chino-wearing golfers in the faintly incongruous setting of the Bronx. “The staff at the golf course think the coyotes are cool,” said Chris Nagy, a wildlife biologist and co-founder of Gotham Coyote, a collaboration of researchers who study coyotes in New York. “But there’s a point where if the coyotes are getting annoying and worrying the golfers, then they’ll change their minds.”

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The park, and the adjacent Trump golf course, has become the favoured locale for a coyote named Neil by researchers. Nagy’s camera traps showed that Neil and a female companion had pups last year, only for the female to then die. The pups, probably lacking proper supervision, were seen scampering on the greens once they were safely clear of golfers. “They were wandering all over the place in the morning,” Nagy said. “And so when the first round of golf would start, the pups were running around the course. We heard stories that the pups were taking sandwiches out of people’s golf carts.”

Coyotes don’t do well in urban areas unless they learn to be circumspect around people, so the pups soon limited their roaming to earlier hours of the night. Donald Trump Jr may be an avid hunter but killing coyotes isn’t permitted in New York, even if you are attempting to sculpt a placid vision of nature on a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course that your family business built on a former landfill.

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https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2020/jan/01/coyotes-new-york-city-trump-golf-course

[PJMcK]

1. A couple of observations

First, the Guardian article claims the Ferry Point golf course is valued at $269 million. That's preposterously expensive! One would be hard-pressed to find a private course that was that expensive let alone a public track. Besides, NY taxpayers paid for the course that Trump's company manages. According to the Washington Post,

One important footnote was missing, though: Trump didn’t build the course. He doesn’t own it, either. His company manages it for the city, whose taxpayers spent $127 million to sculpt it atop an old Bronx garbage dump.

Further, Trump has a well-known history of exaggerating the value of his properties:

https://www.golf.com/golf-gold/report-donald-trump-exaggerates-net-worth-value-golf-courses

Second, the coyotes sound like they're perfect for a Trump property:

One of the researchers said, “We heard stories that the pups were taking sandwiches out of people’s golf carts.”

Thieves, just like Trump!

A year before Trump announced his candidacy, I was invited to play in a golf outing at Ferry Point. The views of NYC were fantastic!

The course was nice enough but it was loaded with gimmicks that made it kind of silly. For example, there were many holes that had hidden collection areas behind the greens. This would be acceptable if they had a yardage guide (map) or signs on the tee boxes to illustrate the hole. I guess if you play there a few times, you'd know about these features but it'll cost you a lot of money.

Another goofy feature is that some of the fairways are lined with ant hill-like mounds a couple of feet tall that are covered with long grass. If your ball misses the fairway, count those mounds carefully because you will not find your ball among the identical mounds.

Most obnoxious, however, was a par-3 that had a large bronze plaque stating that Trump got a hole-in-one on the inaugural round. It smelled like bullshit. I've played a lot of golf in and around New York and one of my buddies who works at a Long Island course told the true story: When Trump got his so-called ace, there were about a dozen holes cut in the greens so the groundskeepers could learn how the holes would play. Trump's tee shot did not go into the hole with the flag stick in it. It went into one of the auxiliary holes. I know you'll be shocked to learn that Trump lied.

In short, there were numerable features that made the course somewhat unfair and at over $250/round, ridiculously expensive for a public course. And since Trump is involved, they will never get another penny of my money.

[snowybirdie]

2. Thank you

He lies about EVERYTHING!

[Bayard]

3. They smell carrion.....