PGA folds, goes back to Donald Trump

It’s now official: Donald Trump and the PGA Tour have reached an important agreement. According to reports, the PGA Tour will return to Trump National Doral for the first time since 2016, as part of the 2026 Miami Championship.

The organization had decided to withdraw its presence from this field during Trump’s first term in office, almost 10 years ago, in favor of Mexico City.

The competition will take place from April 30 to May 3, 2026, and has even been labelled as one of the nine signature events of the coming season. Only qualified players will be able to take part in the tournament. This is the first time since 2023 that the PGA will have more than eight signature tournaments.

Over the past year, Jay Monahan, the former commissioner of the PGA Tour, as well as star players such as Rory McIlroy, have been seen at the White House, in an effort to build a relationship of trust with the President. Specifically, the PGA asked Trump to mediate a prospect pact with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

Both parties are seeking to unify the sport, but a difference of vision would stand in the way of the process. The PGA Tour would like to see a single professional circuit, rather than two. The PGA Tour aims to prevent fans and players from defecting to LIV Golf.

However, all indications are that the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund are far from an agreement, following a meeting at the White House with PFI Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan last February. To compensate, Monahan had declared the possibility of seeing the PGA Tour return to Trump National Doral.

Once called the Doral Country Club, its name changed to Trump National Doral Miami when Donald Trump acquired it in 2012. Before their relationship came to an end in 2016, the PGA had been holding tournaments at the course since 1962, meaning this will be a return to its roots for the PGA, but a first with Trump in power.