Why Donald Trump told Brandt Snedeker to fire his caddie after a WGC event at Doral

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With little going on with him right now, Donald Trump will probably appreciate the attention that he will receive from the PGA Tour holding the Cadillac Championship at Doral this week.

The Cadillac Championship was added to the schedule as a signature event ahead of the 2026 season. It sees the PGA Tour return to the Blue Monster for the first time in a decade.

Previously, Doral was a stalwart of the schedule for more than half a century. In 2012, Donald Trump became the owner of the property. With that, changes were made to the layout.

And it is safe to say that not everyone was a fan of the changes.

Why Brandt Snedeker apologised to Donald Trump after a WGC event at Doral

Scott Vail has spent the last few years caddying for Keegan Bradley. But he previously spent around 12 years on the bag of Brandt Snedeker.

And as Snedeker signed for his score after one WGC event on the Blue Monster, Vail landed himself in trouble after referring to the course as ‘Dump International’ on social media.

As he told Subpar in 2024, his comments led to a number of apologies, as well as a suggestion from Donald Trump himself to Snedeker that he should go and find another caddie.

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“It made headlines, CBS Sports, the main page of their sport sections. I was like, ‘oh man, now I’m in trouble’. But I still believe it, so anyway I say that. Monday, Tuesday rolls around, they want to take some action with me, and Donald Trump’s associates, this is before he was President, probably two or three years before he was President, they got involved and I had to write an apology email to Donald Trump,” he said.