Donald Trump is a massive golf fan and has invested millions into creating some of the best golfing venues on the planet.
The President of the United States owns 18 golf courses around the world, from public to private venues, spanning from Miami to New Jersey, and from the West coast of Scotland to the South West of Ireland.
And some of these courses have even been adopted by the professional game. Both the PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf league have competed at Trump-owned courses.
And after playing at one of these courses, golfing legend Phil Mickelson went as far as to say that one of the courses played on the LIV Golf tour should be a major championship venue.
The Donald Trump golf course that Phil Mickelson thinks can host a major
LIV Golf played its Miami event at Trump Doral, a former PGA Tour venue until it was dropped from their schedule due to “sponsorship issues”.
Doral is known as one of the most difficult golf courses in the world, so much so that Mickelson, a six-time major winner, said it played like a major championship venue when it hosted LIV Miami.
He said in April, “We enjoy the challenge for sure. And we love the times where you can really go low and get it going, but this is a major championship field. It’s a major championship difficulty, and certainly major championship pins.
“It’s been a really tough test, and you had to fight hard to make pars, and gosh for me, I had to fight hard to make bogeys.
“I’m excited to be here, and to have a chance. I’m hitting a lot of really good shots in the wind too, and that challenge of having to hit into crosswinds and shape it, and control your trajectory, it’s a really great test of golf. It’s really a test at the highest level.”
Unfortunately for Mickelson, the LIV Golf star won’t have the opportunity to play Trump Doral on the LIV tour this season, after the PGA Tour took the venue back.
How the PGA Tour took Trump Doral back from LIV Golf
In 2026, the PGA Tour will end a decade-long absence from Trump-owned venues by returning to Trump Doral.
The course will host the Miami Championship, a $20 million Signature event in May. It will be the first time the tour has been played at the course since 2016.
That year, the WGC-Cadillac Championship was pulled from the course after Cadillac ended its sponsorship. The then-commissioner of the PGA Tour said this was “fundamentally a sponsorship issue”, and said “from a political standpoint, we are neutral.”
Trump had spent over $250 million renovating the course and was furious when the PGA Tour moved away from the venue, but now the tour returns, taking the venue away from LIV Golf.
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