President Donald Trump is returning to the Presidents Cup on Sunday for the second time as the honorary chairman.
President Donald Trump is returning to the Presidents Cup on Sunday for the second time as the honorary chairman. This visit marks the fourth visit to a golf tournament this year.
Trump attended the end of the 2017 Presidents Cup at Liberty National during his first presidential term; the American team won, and Trump posed with the US team during the trophy presentation.
This time Trump was going to be on the first tee for the start of the 12 matches taking place at Medinah Country Club, and he is expected to be there until the last match is teed off at 1:02 p.m. local time.
Unlike regular golf tournaments, the first tee is boisterous with a flag-waving crowd and music. The U.S. team is trailing for only the fourth time in 32 years of the competition.
“They were nice enough to name me chairman or honorary chairman, so it’s an honor. It’s a very big event, one of the biggest events in golf by far,” Trump told reporters Sunday morning as he left the White House. “You have the Ryder Cup, and you have the Presidents Cup, and this is a big one, and so it’s a great honor. So, I’m going there.”
The Presidents Cup began in 1994 to include international players from non-European countries who were not eligible for the Ryder Cup. The name of the tournament comes from including the head of state of the host country as honorary chairman.
Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was part of the trophy presentation at the last Presidents Cup in 2024 at Royal Montreal.
President Bill Clinton was in office in 2000 when he attended for one round at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia.
The first time Trump attended in 2017, the start of the week had the biggest display of presidents with Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama sat together on the first tee for the opening round. Trump this year was at the Cadillac Championship at his Trump National Doral near Miami in early May. He also attended the LIV Golf event at his Trump National Bedminster course in New Jersey in August.
Earlier this month, he attended the Irish Open over the weekend at his course in Doonbeg, Ireland.
