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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
PGA Tour expected to return to Donald Trump's golf course at Doral in 2026
Nearly a decade ago, the PGA Tour pulled its event out of Trump National Doral after losing its title sponsor. The move also came following then-presidential candidate Donald Trump's discriminatory statements about Mexicans and Muslims, giving the Tour even more reason to separate itself from Trump. Now, with Trump serving his second term as president, the Tour is expected to return to Doral in 2026, according to Sports Business Journal. The publication reported the event is expected to be April 27-May 3, three weeks after the Masters and two weeks before the PGA Championship. The tournament potentially will be a signature event with a $20 million purse. The Tour has not confirmed the report. More: Ryder Cup: Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson will not return to site of 2019 PGA Championship showdown The move is possible because Doral is not expected to host a LIV Golf event in 2026. The Saudi-financed tour created by Palm Beach Gardens' Greg Norman has held a tournament at Doral each of its first four years, including April 4-6, 2025. The Tour had a 54-year history at Doral before pulling out following the 2016 World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship. The event was played in Mexico the following years, further angering Trump. "They're moving it to Mexico City which, by the way, I hope they have kidnapping insurance," Trump said at the time. Trump previously had said Mexico is "not our friend, believe me. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." The Tour at the time released a statement denouncing Trump's stance and saying his comments are "inconsistent with our strong commitment to an inclusive and welcoming environment in the game of golf." TODAY ON TOUR: 3M Open leaderboard: PGA Tour updates, Round 1 scores, how to watch But Jay Monahan, who is stepping down as PGA Tour commissioner when his contract ends in 2026, pulled an about-face on Trump after the Palm Beach resident was elected in November. Trump has heavily criticized the PGA Tour in recent years, calling the Tour "disloyal" and urging its players to "take the money now" and join LIV Golf. He said the Tour was "stupid," and even called for "something to happen" to its leadership, meaning Monahan. Yet, this year Monahan has praised the president's loyalty to golf and his attempt to bring together the Tour and LIV Golf. But that has not worked out, not even after Trump said it would take "the better part of 15 minutes" for him to get a deal done. Trump twice met with PGA Tour and LIV officials at the White House in February, but the sides are no closer to a deal than they were when the "framework agreement" was announced more than two years ago. Donald Trump bought Doral in 2012 for $150 million Doral Country Club opened in 1962 and hosted the Doral Open, which later was the Ford Championship at Doral, from 1962 to 2006. That became a World Golf Championships event in 2007 until 2016. The resort was built for $10 million and after the property was bought and sold several times, Trump purchased the Doral Resort & Spa, including its signature Blue Monster golf course, for $150 million. The final WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral was held March 3-6, 2016, and was won by Adam Scott. Tom D'Angelo is a senior sports columnist and reporter for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at tdangelo@ This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: PGA Tour expected to return to Doral, Donald Trump golf course, in 2026
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Donald Trump-owned courses will host PGA Tour, LIV Golf tournaments next year
Donald Trump will be hosting events on the PGA Tour and LIV Golf for the first time in the same season in 2026. LIV Golf will return to Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C., in Sterling, Virginia, next year. The PGA Tour is expected to host an event at Trump National Doral, outside of Miami. LIV will return to Virginia for the second time with the 2026 event scheduled for May 8-10. The Saudi Arabia-backed tour has had at least one event on a course owned by the president every year since its inception in 2022. The Tour is expected to return to Doral in 2026, according to Sports Business Journal. The publication reported the event is expected to be April 27-May 3, three weeks after the Masters and two weeks before the PGA Championship. The tournament potentially will be a signature event with a $20 million purse. LIV is pulling out of Doral for 2026, the first time it will not hold a tournament at the course. The PGA Tour had a 54-year history at Doral before pulling out following the 2016 World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship and after losing its title sponsor. More: Donald Trump has done it again, another championship at one of his courses, his 6th in 2025 The move also came following then-presidential candidate Trump's discriminatory statements about Mexicans and Muslims, giving the Tour even more reason to separate itself from Trump. Tom D'Angelo is a senior sports columnist and reporter for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at tdangelo@ This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Donald Trump-owned courses will host PGA Tour, LIV Golf tournaments in 2026
The Australian
28-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Australian
The Open 2024: Adam Scott reveals details of Trump White House meeting
When the doors slam shut on the Oval Office and it's just United States President Donald Trump in his natural habitat, what's he really like? Funny? A little bit mad? Completely outrageous? Just like he is on whatever social media platform is his go-to for the day? 'I think what you see in the media in his press is like a slightly toned-down version of him, believe it or not,' Scott smiles. 'I think he's actually trying to tone it down. He's a mile a minute, exactly (as you would expect).' The day Scott walked into the White House with Tiger Woods and commissioner Jay Monahan as part of a PGA Tour delegation to end the infighting in men's professional golf, Trump's aides started placing the United States and Israel flags in position as their meeting wrapped up. Scott knew whatever issues there were in golf were of little importance. It's just a sport. Still, Anthony Albanese would crave the kind of access Scott has had to Trump this year. Months on, and Scott's golf game is getting better and the PGA Tour-LIV Golf impasse only seems to get worse. Or at least going nowhere fast. It's been more than two years since they announced an agreement to work on a solution to end global golf's civil war, and there's still nothing meaningful. LIV Golf is back in for rankings points, the PGA Tour is back to doing what it has always done, albeit with some tweaks. 'What I took out of that visit was the amount of energy that (Trump) was putting into everything he does. It was noticeable,' Scott says. 'I think ultimately (professional golf) will all come together, but I don't know when that is.' It would have been natural to think Scott, who celebrated his 45th birthday on Wednesday with fans singing to him at one point as he played a practice round at Royal Portrush, would see his game regress as he focused more on the business side of the PGA Tour. It's been the opposite. This week at The Open, he's playing his 97th consecutive major, a remarkable feat beaten only by Jack Nicklaus (146) in professional golf history. 'I think he's played every major since (The Open) in 2001, which to me is absolutely mind blowing,' said world No. 9 Ludvig Aberg in an ambassadorial appearance for Mercedes-Benz. 'It means he's good enough to qualify for the events and he's been healthy and fit, never been hurt. He's obviously taken good care of himself. Those things are really important and really impressive. 'If I can do somewhat along those lines in my career, I'll be happy.' Says Scott: 'I've played a lot, but I've won one. My strike rate's not good. So, if I was a young guy, playing a lot's good, but winning a lot would be good too. 'I've worked hard to keep myself in this spot and I really don't have any results to show for how good I feel like I've played this year, which is part of golf and frustrating. I hope I can do this for another 10 years, but it only gets harder and harder. 'So, this week's my best opportunity to win a major. The last two majors I've been in contention with a few holes to play and it'd be nice to be in a similar position this week.' Scott was in the final group at the US Open last month, but after a lengthy last round weather delay at Oakmont in treacherous conditions, crashed on the back nine to finish tied-12th. It was such a good week, and such a deflating week. He played 'old man par golf' for so much of it, and at the end of it just had to accept defeat (Trump might have claimed victory, though). Arguably, Scott is the best hope of the nine Australians in the field this week in Northern Ireland. Cameron Smith is trying to break out of a majors funk. Jason Day is still hoping his body will be 100 per cent healthy. Min Woo Lee admits he didn't quite process his maiden PGA Tour win in the United States properly. The list goes on. Like Trump, Scott just wants a second run at it – when everyone else wonders whether he's past his best. Read related topics: Donald Trump Golf Loaded with nostalgia, golf, sporting, music and movie star cameos and heartwarming homages to the fallen, Happy Gilmore 2 takes a big swing, but does it land like the original? Nation He's kicked popularity goals thanks to major sporting events as SA Premier. But Peter Malinauskas' obsession with LIV golf could prove an albatross around his neck as his government seeks re-election.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
PGA Tour power shift underway with commissioner Jay Monahan moving on soon
The PGA Tour is undergoing a power shift at the top. reported on Monday that the tour plans to 'sunset' commissioner Jay Monahan at some point before the end of next year with incoming CEO Brian Rolapp taking over his power after a transition period. Advertisement Monahan has faced criticism for his handling of LIV Golf, with the rebel league taking some of the biggest names in the sport away from the PGA Tour. Monahan initially took a hard stance on LIV, essentially banning any player from the PGA Tour who left for the huge guaranteed contracts being handed out by the Saudi-funded league. Jay Monahan congratulates Rory McIlroy after winning The Players Championship in March 2025. Getty Images Then, in June 2023, he shockingly announced a deal with PIF — the financial arm of Saudi Arabia — and revealed that a framework of a deal was in place that could possibly merge LIV and the PGA. Two years later, there is still no official deal, and Monahan has provided sparse details when asked about it during his limited media availabilities. Advertisement 'I think anything that I've said or we said, the three of us said, is consistent with what should be said when you're in the middle of a complex discussion to try and reunify the game of golf,' Monahan said in March, per 'It doesn't speak to my confidence level. It speaks to the moment. I view that meeting as a huge step and so I look at that very positively. We had a recent meeting with the President, the Public Investment Fund, thought it was a constructive meeting. 'And we're thankful for the President for his leadership, extremely thankful for him, for his willingness to host us in the Oval Office, and to help us continue those conversations. I feel like if you look at his commentary last week as ultimately seeing a deal happening and Yasir Al-Rumayyan's comments at the FII about the good meeting that we had, I think we'll just continue to move forward on those conversations.' Brian Rolapp was recently named the CEO of the PGA Tour. Jim Rassol-Imagn Images Barring significant progress in the coming months, it will now fall on Rolapp — who was previously a top executive with the NFL — to figure out how to get the biggest names in the sport competing against each other beyond the four majors. Advertisement '[Brian] is coming from a place where the biggest brands and the biggest stars compete against each other as much as possible in the most high-profile time slots on the biggest platforms to drive the most interesting viewership,' a network exec told 'The Tour needs help in that regard.' Monahan, 55, came to the PGA in 2008 after working at Fenway Sports Group and took over as commissioner in 2016 when Tim Finchem stepped down.
