PGA Tour Announces Return to Trump-Owned Doral Course

In August 2025, the PGA Tour announced it would return to Trump National Doral in Miami for a new signature event, the Miami Championship, scheduled for spring 2026 with a $20 million purse. The move ends a near-decade absence from the Trump-owned course, which the Tour left after 2016 amid concerns about hosting events at properties owned by a major political figure.

Doral's return matters because Trump remains an active political figure whose brand, business interests, and presidency are closely intertwined. Hosting a marquee PGA event at a Trump-owned resort provides prestige, global media exposure, and direct economic value to the Trump Organization while he occupies the White House, reviving the same conflict-of-interest questions that led the Tour to leave the venue after 2016.

The Tour and Trump-aligned supporters describe Doral simply as a world-class course chosen on competitive merit, noting the event, since held in 2026, drew top-ranked players including Scottie Scheffler. Critics counter that no other sitting president has maintained an active ownership stake in a venue hosting major professional sporting events, making the arrangement a continuing test of how thoroughly presidential business interests are separated from public life.