PGA Tour ends decade-long absence from Trump-owned courses with Doral return in 2026
The PGA Tour will return to Donald Trump’s Blue Monster course in Miami next spring, ending a decade-long absence from Trump-owned venues. The Miami Championship, a $20m Signature Event scheduled for the first weekend in May 2026, will mark the 56th time the Tour has played at Trump National Doral but the first since 2016, the year Trump won his first US presidential election. At the time, then-commissioner Tim Finchem stressed that the decision was “fundamentally a sponsorship issue” and not political, despite Trump’s incendiary remarks on immigration and his insistence the Tour was punishing him for his first US presidential run.
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Trump course back on PGA schedule for 2026 season: tour
Donald Trump's famed Trump National Doral course will host a PGA Tour event next season, returning to the circuit after a 10-year absence, the tour confirmed on Tuesday.Trump's relationship with the PGA Tour has improved in recent years however, with the US leader involved in peace talks between the tour and LIV Golf over a possible deal to unify the two rival circuits.
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Trump Doral back on a PGA Tour schedule crowded with big tournaments
Trump National Doral is back on the PGA Tour schedule next year as a signature event that is sure to test how often the top golfers want to play during an extraordinary spring of five big tournaments in a six-week stretch. Doral long was considered the start of the Florida swing, a can't-miss event as the PGA Tour began attracting international stars. Next year it will be a $20 million signature event the first weekend in May, part of a stretch that starts with the Masters, ends with the PGA Championship and has three signatured events in the four weeks in between.
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PGA Tour 2026 schedule unveiled: Trump gets back in picture with Doral event
