Yahoo! Sports · Feb 1, 2017
Trump golf course ordered to pay $5.7 million to ex-members
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida golf course owned by President Donald Trump must immediately repay $5.7 million to 65 former members who had been denied membership refunds after he bought the club in 2012, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
District Judge Kenneth Marra ruled that Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter violated contracts the members had signed with the previous owner, Ritz-Carlton. The average payment will be about $87,000 if the ruling is upheld.
Attorneys for the members did not immediately return a call for comment Wednesday.
The Trump Organization vowed to appeal, saying in a statement that ''We respectfully disagree with the Court's decision.''