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Trump National Doral has returned to the PGA Tour schedule.
The Miami resort owned by President Donald Trump will host a PGA Tour signature event next year with a $20 million purse during the first weekend in May. The tournament will fall in the middle of a six-week stretch that begins with the Masters and ends with the PGA Championship.
There will be three signature events staged in the four weeks between those two majors.
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A sign reading Trump National Doral is seen on the grounds of the golf course owned by Donald Trump. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
"We’re excited to showcase the game’s greatest players competing at golf’s most iconic venues," PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp said.
A title sponsor for what is currently being called the Miami Championship has yet to be determined.
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Doral first became part of the PGA Tour schedule in 1962, but after Trump purchased the resort, it struggled to consistently secure a title sponsor. The Tour eventually moved its event from Trump Doral to Mexico City in 2016, prompting then-presidential candidate Trump to remark, "I hope they have kidnapping insurance."
While the PGA Tour distanced itself from Trump Doral, Saudi-backed LIV Golf embraced it, staging tournaments there in each of the past four years. That streak, however, will end in 2026, though Trump National, just outside Washington, D.C., will host a LIV event.
Ahead of LIV Golf’s 2025 stop at Trump Doral, the 47th president voiced
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