Kananaskis golf course getting ready for G7, possible Trump visit

The Kananaskis Country Golf Club is in the tightly controlled perimeter that'll be closed to the public during the G7 summit and is one of two primary locations leaders could use.

Darren Robinson had some very important news to tell U.S. president George Bush and José María Aznar, the prime minister of Spain: the pro shop was open.

Aznar had told Robinson, general manager of the Kananaskis Country Golf Club in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, that he wanted to visit it.

True to his word, Robinson walked over to the two world leaders on a patio and interrupted their conversation.

“What was probably only 10 seconds felt like 10 minutes,” Robinson recalled of the G8 leaders’ summit in 2002 in Kananaskis.

He said the pair paused their discussion, and Bush waved over British prime minister Tony Blair. The four then talked about golf, running, the mountains, as the other leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, chatted ahead of a dinner at the golf club.

“I’m like, somebody pinch me. It’s really happening,” Robinson said.

Twenty-three years later, Robinson is again teeing up to possibly host some of the world’s most powerful people for the G7 leaders’ summit in Kananaskis set for June 15-17.

The golf club is included in the tightly controlled perimeter that will be closed to public access during the summit and is one of two primary locations the leaders could use.