Trump National Doral

Dick Wilson originally designed the Blue Monster at Doral in 1962, on a piece of Miami swampland that had been drained and developed by Alfred Kaskel as the Doral Country Club. The course hosted the PGA Tour from 1962 — under the names Doral-Eastern Open, Doral Ryder Open, and most recently the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship — until 2016, when the Tour moved the event after sponsor relationships shifted. Pete Dye redesigned the course completely in 2014, stripping out the Wilson original and replacing it with what the property currently plays. The Blue Monster name predates the most recent ownership change and refers to the original wind exposure and water hazards rather than the post-2014 redesign.

The scorecard reads 7,545 yards from the back markers, par 72, with a slope of 146 and a course rating of 76.5. The four par-3s sit between 155 and 245 yards. The 245-yard ninth is the longest one-shotter and plays across one of the property's largest water hazards. The four par-5s range from 553 to 626 yards. The 626-yard tenth is the longest hole on the card and one of the longest par-5s on any former PGA Tour layout.

The number-one handicap is the 474-yard fourth — a par-4 with an approach into a green angled hard left against water that captures anything missed long. The 477-yard second-hardest and the 441-yard third-hardest are both long par-4s. Dye's signature throughout the 2014 redesign is the bulkheaded greens and tee boxes — railroad-tie walls flanking water hazards on twelve of eighteen holes, a Dye trademark from his Sawgrass and Whistling Straits work.

The South Florida climate keeps Doral playable year-round, with the prime window running November through April when the air is dry and the wind moderates. May through October is hurricane and convective storm season; rounds get suspended frequently. The course is public-access daily-fee for resort guests. The Blue Monster nickname carried over from the Wilson original is the only thing on the property older than the Dye redesign.