The Saudi-backed LIV Golf league announced Tuesday that it would return to the Trump family’s Doral resort in April, the clearest sign yet that Trump family business deals using Saudi government financing will continue into the new presidency.
President-elect Donald J. Trump has been a vocal advocate of the breakaway LIV Golf, which was started by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund in 2021 and emerged as a major challenger to the PGA Tour before the two sides struck a preliminary partnership deal in 2023.
The tournament at the Trump National Doral, near Miami, would be the fourth consecutive year that LIV has scheduled an event at the venue.
LIV Golf pays the Trump family for the use of the resort’s golf courses, and the event also drives thousands of ticket-buying fans to the resort, filling up hotel restaurants and guest rooms during the several-day event. LIV events also boost the international profile of the more than a dozen Trump family’s golf resorts around the world.
The Doral event will be the first LIV tournament that Mr. Trump’s company will host after his return to the White House; the league did not begin playing until after his first term.
The arrangement is one of several signs that the Trump family will continue to do business with Middle East-based businesses while president.