'The PGA is being destroyed by the PGA,' Trump said. 'They were stupid and they shouldn't be stupid. (Playing at Doral) was a great opportunity for them.'
Trump spoke for several minutes following the tournament's pro-am. Trump played nine holes with Jupiter's Brooks Koepka and nine holes with Sergio Garcia on the Blue Monster. His team – which included son, Eric Trump, and granddaughter, Kai Trump – was 9-under and tied for the low score of the day.
"They never wanted to go to Mexico," Trump said."The pros didn't want to go to Mexico and they went and that didn't work out. They wanted to be here and the tour wants to be here, too. The tour wants to be here badly."When the tour announced in 2016 that it was moving its event out of Doral, Trump said,"I hope they have kidnapping insurance.