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President Donald Trump is in his second golf tournament in as many weeks, both on courses he owns.
A week after watching PGA Tour action at his Doral course in South Florida, Trump drove to Trump National Golf Course Washington DC in Sterling, Virginia, to watch the LIV golfers.
Trump arrived at a presidential suite in a golf cart where his son, Eric, was sitting with someone from the Public Investment Fund, whom the president shook hands with.
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President Donald Trump arrives at Trump National Golf Club during day three of LIV Golf Virginia in Sterling, Virginia, on May 9, 2026. (Ben Hsu/Sportswire Icon)
Amid uncertainty for LIV Golf after the league announced the Saudis would no longer fund it after this season, Trump said last week that the return of LIV golfers to the PGA Tour would be beneficial for the sport.
“I think all golfers should play against each other. They were coming up with something like a monopoly, but it’s moving away. It should be the opposite of a monopoly,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office last Thursday.
“I want to see Rory [McIlroy] playing Bryson DeChambeau. I want to see the great Jon Rahm playing Scottie, who is great. Scottie Scheffler is great. They have great players in LIV, but it’s almost like people want to see that. That’s why the teachers It was very good, because you saw everyone together.
President Donald Trump arrives at the LIV Golf Virginia 2026 tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, on May 9, 2026. (Aarón Schwartz/AFP)
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“The tour wants to have the best players. You can’t have the best player they’re boycotting right now. They might do something, you know, a little bit, but they’ll all come back on the tour and it’ll be great. I don’t know what’s going on with LIV.”
Trump has attended LIV events at his courses in the past. This is one of two LIV events on a Trump course this year, as they head to Bedminster, New Jersey, in August.
Last week’s Cadillac Championship, won by Cameron Young, was the first time in a decade that the PGA Tour was at one of Trump’s courses.
President Donald Trump watches the game from the Trump Suite during the final round of the 2026 Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral Miami on May 3, 2026 in Doral, Florida. (Photo by Orlando Ramírez/Getty Images) (Orlando Ramírez/Getty Images)
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Trump was also present at the first day of the Ryder Cup last year at Bethpage Black in New York.
