Doral, Florida - Former United States president Donald Trump was full of praise for LIV Golf after his pro-am round, as he plays host to the controversial tour's end-of-season Team Championship this weekend at Trump National Doral Golf Club.

Trump played with Brooks Koepka and Sergio Garcia on Thursday in yet another appearance on behalf of the Saudi-funded golf venture, having also previously hosted the tour's third-ever event at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in July.

He has long had issues with the PGA Tour after a number of events were moved away from Trump-owned golf courses, and he touched on that fact again during his media appearance following his round.

Doral itself used to host a PGA Tour event from 1962 until 2016. Trump purchased the venue in 2012, and after gaining the presidency in 2016, the PGA Tour opted to instead move the event to Mexico.

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"[The players] never wanted to go to Mexico, I’ll tell you that," Trump said. "They went and that didn’t work out too well."

He went on to give LIV Golf his stamp of approval, calling the organizers and leadership "really good people," while highlighting their ability for bottomless spending.

"It’s big time, and it’s big-time money – it’s unlimited money," he said. "They love golf, and the Saudis have done a fantastic job. It’s different, the enthusiasm."

Trump predicted more big names would decide to make the jump next season, and blamed the PGA Tour for not working out a compromise.

"Ultimately, I think, maybe, something gets worked out [between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf]," he said.

"Something could have been worked out so easily, but the [PGA] Tour decided to, as Richard Nixon said, stonewall it."

"A lot of other people are coming over. Big names, they’re coming over. The star system is very important in sports. If you don’t have the star system, you’re not going to be successful."