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A 15-foot tall golden statue of President Donald Trump has been installed at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Doral, Florida, immediately becoming the center of attention as the course hosts this week’s Cadillac Championship of the PGA Tour.
The sculpture, named "Don Colossus," was created by sculptor Alan Cottrill, 73 years old, with a studio in Zanesville, Ohio, as confirmed by U.S. media.
It is made of bronze and coated with gold leaf, and it depicts Trump raising his fist in the iconic gesture he made seconds after a bullet grazed his right ear during the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024.
Placed on a custom-designed pedestal seven feet tall, the figure reaches a total height of 22 feet —approximately 6.7 meters—and visually dominates the golf courses of the resort from its privileged position.
Cottrill himself described the work in a statement: “Prominently positioned with views of the resort's golf courses, where its gold leaf surface dynamically interacts with the light of South Florida.”
The work was commissioned in August 2024 by the cryptocurrency group $PATRIOT, which paid 300,000 dollars for the bronze sculpture and an additional 60,000 dollars for the gold plating, for a total of 360,000 dollars.
However, the delivery was delayed for months due to a copyright dispute: the group used images of the statue to promote their digital tokens without the artist's permission, who withheld the work in an undisclosed location in Muskingum County, Ohio, refusing to release it until full payment was received.
In February 2026, Cottrill was categorical: “It would be foolish of me to install it without payment, and I’m not a fool.”
Finally, last week an agreement was reached —according to $PATRIOT, an anonymous donor covered the outstanding balance for intellectual property rights—. Cottrill then wrapped the statue "like a mummy," secured it to a flatbed trailer, and transported it over 1,100 miles by road from Ohio to Miami.
Once installed, the sculpture became the "talk of the circuit," according to the specialized publication Golfweek.
Not everyone present showed enthusiasm: when a tournament photographer invited several PGA Tour staff members to pose next to the statue, the response was a collective "No."
The photographer responded, "Okay, I didn’t know they were all so woke."
The 2026 Cadillac Championship of the PGA Tour takes place from April 29 to May 3, marking the first tournament of the main circuit at Trump National Doral since 2016, when the course stopped hosting the WGC-Cadillac Championship. Between 2022 and 2025, the venue hosted LIV Golf.
"Don Colossus" is not the first golden statue of Trump: a smaller golden figure of the then-former president was already displayed at the 2021 CPAC in Orlando. The renderings of the future Trump presidential library in Miami also include a massive golden statue.
The sculpture arrives at a particularly significant moment for the resort: Trump National Doral will host the G20 summit on December 14 and 15, 2026, meaning that world leaders will be greeted by the imposing golden figure upon their arrival at the venue.
The White House confirmed on April 25 that it will invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the meeting, although Trump expressed doubts about his attendance: "I don't know if he's coming. I doubt he'll come, to be honest, but if he does, it would probably be very helpful."
The total prize for the 2026 Cadillac Championship amounts to $20 million, with $3.6 million for the tournament winner, who this week shares the spotlight with the most talked-about statue on the tour.
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