Donald Trump made explosive comment about PGA Tour | Golf News

The PGA Tour is making its long-awaited comeback to Trump National Doral’s Blue Monster, a full decade after the tour departed from President Donald Trump‘s famend course — an exit that prompted Trump to quip that the circuit had “kidnapping insurance.”

Miami is taking part in host to an elite area of golfers competing for a first-place prize of $3.6 million at the Cadillac Championship, though notable absentees embody Masters champion Rory McIlroy and his Ryder Cup associate Matt Fitzpatrick.

The tour’s departure from Doral dates back to 2016, when Cadillac withdrew as title sponsor, prompting a relocation to Mexico City. Trump, then a presidential candidate, made no secret of his displeasure at the choice.

“I just heard that the PGA Tour is taking their tournament out of Miami and moving it to Mexico, as an example,” Trump said on an look at the time. “They’re moving it to Mexico City which, by the way, I hope they have kidnapping insurance.”

After a 10-year absence, the Tour makes its triumphant return to Miami for the inaugural Cadillac Championship. A fixture on the tour since 1962, Doral represents the fifth of eight signature occasions on the PGA Tour schedule this season.

The Cadillac Championship marks the 56th staging of a Tour event at the enduring Blue Monster, which hosted the Tour yearly from 1962 to 2016. This yr’s area boasts 37 of the world’s top 50-ranked gamers, including seven from the top 10. The course seems markedly different from past tournaments, whether or not attributed to the new 15-foot gold-plated Trump statue or the rumors confirmed by Scottie Scheffler.

“The golf course is good,” the World No. 1 said. “Greens are in good shape. I felt like the rumors about the course were true. It’s long, it’s difficult. It should be a good test this week.”

Jhonattan Vegas famous important adjustments to Trump’s course since his last look.

“It has changed a ton,” Vegas said.

“Changed a ton. I think it’s a course that obviously is weather dependent. But I got a feeling it’s going to play a lot harder than it’s played in the past. Obviously they did a bunch of changes to the course and if the weather, the wind picks up and the weather gets right, it’s going to be an incredible test.

“I used to be speaking to one of the blokes earlier and this might be the first week on tour this yr that we have performed in Bermuda grass. So it is going to take a lot of adjusting around the greens, on the greens.

“It takes a little bit of extra work, especially being that first week of playing in Bermuda. Obviously this course here is very grainy, so you’re going to see golf being played a little bit different this week.”