{"id":633574,"date":"2026-05-09T21:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/633574\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T21:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:29:13","slug":"trump-watches-liv-golf-tournament-at-his-own-course-in-sterling-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/633574\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump watches LIV Golf tournament at his own course in Sterling, Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Donald Trump<\/a> is at his second golf tournament in as many weeks, both of which were at courses he owns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A week after catching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/golf\/pga-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PGA Tour<\/a> action at his Doral course in South Florida, Trump motorcaded to Trump National Golf Course Washington D.C. in Sterling, Virginia, to watch LIV golfers.<\/p>\n<p>Trump arrived at a presidential suite via golf cart where his son, Eric, was seated with someone from the Public Investment Fund, whom the president shook hands with.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/donald-trump-trump-national-golf-fox-news-001.jpeg\" alt=\"President Donald Trump arriving at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump arrives at Trump National Golf Club during day 3thre of LIV Golf Virginia in Sterling, Virginia, on May 9, 2026. (Ben Hsu\/Icon Sportswire)<\/p>\n<p>Amid the uncertainty of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/golf\/liv-golf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LIV Golf<\/a> after the league announced the Saudis would no longer fund it after this season, Trump said last week that LIV golfers returning to the PGA Tour would be beneficial to the sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do believe that all of the golfers should be playing against each other. They were viewing something as a monopoly, but it\u2019s swaying away. It should be the opposite of a monopoly,&#8221; Trump told reporters in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Oval Office<\/a>\u00a0last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to see Rory [McIlroy] playing Bryson DeChambeau. I want to see big Jon Rahm playing Scottie, who is so great. Scottie Scheffler is great. They have great players on LIV, but it\u2019s almost like people want to see that. That&#8217;s why\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/golf\/the-masters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Masters<\/a>\u00a0was so good, because you saw everybody together.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/donald-trump-liv-golf-virginia-fox-news-001.jpeg\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump riding a golf cart at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump arrives at the LIV Golf Virginia 2026 tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, on May 9, 2026. (Aaron Schwartz\/AFP)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/rory-mcilroy-says-liv-golfers-returning-pga-good-business-still-takes-one-shot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">RORY MCILROY SAYS LIV GOLFERS RETURNING TO PGA IS &#8216;GOOD BUSINESS,&#8217; BUT STILL TAKES ONE MORE SHOT AT THEM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The tour wants to have the best players. You can&#8217;t have the best player that they&#8217;re boycotting now. They may do something, you know, a little bit, but they&#8217;ll all be back on tour, and it&#8217;ll be great. I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s happening with LIV.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has attended LIV events at his courses in the past. This is one of two LIV events at a Trump course this year, as they&#8217;ll head to Bedminster, New Jersey in August.<\/p>\n<p>The Cadillac Championship last week, won by Cameron Young, was the first time in a decade that the PGA Tour was at one of Trump&#8217;s courses.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778362153_674_donald-trump-cadillac-championship-pga-tour.jpeg\" alt=\"donald trump at the cadillac championship\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump watches play from the Trump Suite during the final round of the Cadillac Championship 2026 at Trump National Doral Miami on May 03, 2026 in Doral, Florida. (Photo by Orlando Ramirez\/Getty Images) (Orlando Ramirez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump was also in attendance for the first day of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/golf\/ryder-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ryder Cup<\/a> last year at Bethpage Black in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">sports coverage on X<\/a>,\u00a0and subscribe to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>   <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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