The Blue Monster is back.
The iconic course at what is now Trump National Doral, home of the WGC-Cadillac Championship on the PGA and European tours, has been retooled by designer Gil Hanse, part of $250-million makeover of the resort by business entrepreneur and avid golfer Donald Trump.
The reworking of the course reportedly cost $13 million.
“It’s a brand-new course, not a re-do,” Trump said after playing the course for the first time since the work was completed. “We felt it was just an amazing piece of land that we could do something spectacular with, and we built a new Blue Monster.
“It’s a bigger course with bigger lakes. It’s a more spectacular course. The old Blue Monster was a good course, but this is better. There is nothing like this in golf. I had a great time playing it.”
The course has been lengthened from 7,334 to 7,450 yards, with the famous 18th hole virtually the only one that remains unchanged.
Tiger Woods will defend his WGC-Cadillac title on the new Blue Monster on March 6-9.
