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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPGA Tour moves tournament from Miami Donald Trump course ... to Mexico
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The Donald Trump-owned golf course in Miami that has hosted a storied professional golf tournament for the past 55 years lost that event Wednesday when the PGA Tour announced it was moving its elite World Golf Championship out of South Florida. Beginning in 2017, the tournament will be played instead in of all places Mexico City.
The move highlighted the uneasy relationship between the sport of golf and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, an avid golfer who has spent much of the past decade building a golf empire that includes some of the most coveted properties in the world. Some of golfs governing bodies have moved to distance themselves from Trump since he made controversial remarks about Mexicans and Muslims.
At a news conference Wednesday, PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem initially said the move was not a political exercise but a financial one, prompted by the decision by Cadillac not to renew its title sponsorship of the tournament. Later, however, Finchem said, Donald Trump is a brand a big brand and when you are asking a [sponsor] to invest millions of dollars in branding a tournament and theyre going to share that brand with a host .?.?. its a difficult conversation. The politics may have contributed some since hes been running.
Trump apparently broke the news himself Tuesday night during an appearance on Fox News, telling host Sean Hannity, I just heard that the PGA Tour is taking their tournament out of Miami and moving it to Mexico. .?.?. Theyre moving it to Mexico City which, by the way, I hope they have kidnapping insurance. But theyre moving it to Mexico City. And Im saying, you know, whats going on here? Its so sad when you look whats going on with our country.
The move highlighted the uneasy relationship between the sport of golf and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, an avid golfer who has spent much of the past decade building a golf empire that includes some of the most coveted properties in the world. Some of golfs governing bodies have moved to distance themselves from Trump since he made controversial remarks about Mexicans and Muslims.
At a news conference Wednesday, PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem initially said the move was not a political exercise but a financial one, prompted by the decision by Cadillac not to renew its title sponsorship of the tournament. Later, however, Finchem said, Donald Trump is a brand a big brand and when you are asking a [sponsor] to invest millions of dollars in branding a tournament and theyre going to share that brand with a host .?.?. its a difficult conversation. The politics may have contributed some since hes been running.
Trump apparently broke the news himself Tuesday night during an appearance on Fox News, telling host Sean Hannity, I just heard that the PGA Tour is taking their tournament out of Miami and moving it to Mexico. .?.?. Theyre moving it to Mexico City which, by the way, I hope they have kidnapping insurance. But theyre moving it to Mexico City. And Im saying, you know, whats going on here? Its so sad when you look whats going on with our country.
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PGA Tour moves tournament from Miami Donald Trump course ... to Mexico (Original Post)
spanone
Jun 2016
OP
Anything that makes him think of dollar bills sprouting wings and flying away is good.
lunatica
Jun 2016
#3
The comment should come from the Attorney General for the Federal Government and
malaise
Jun 2016
#12
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,587 posts)1. That must stick in his craw almost unbearably.
And I love it.
spanone
(135,791 posts)2. the PGA does not tolerate controversy.
i'll bet he pissed them off.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)3. Anything that makes him think of dollar bills sprouting wings and flying away is good.
No one deserves it more. Maybe it's the one thing that hurts his feelings.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,587 posts)4. It isn't just that - it's that they dumped him for *Mexico*
which must have rubbed a whole lot of salt in his financial wounds.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)13. Thanks!
I feel so much better!
JBoy
(8,021 posts)5. Delicioso!
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)6. Link to the BBC article
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)7. Link to the PGA-WGC puff piece
malaise
(268,698 posts)8. Delish is the only word
Don the Con will learn that hate speech has consequences.
spanone
(135,791 posts)9. moved it to MEXICO!!!! tweak his fucking nose and wallet.
malaise
(268,698 posts)11. Better than chocolates with Brazil nuts
my brother; better than Blue Mountain Coffee with irony instead of cream
mnmoderatedem
(3,722 posts)10. I posted on this eariler
note how his incredibly racist comment about Mexico does not even draw attention any more.
His racism has become somewhat institutionalized now. Sad. And scary.
malaise
(268,698 posts)12. The comment should come from the Attorney General for the Federal Government and
the Chief Justice and other Supreme Court and Federal Judges. Indeed it shouldbe condemned by both the House of Representatives and the Senate but do not hold your breath.
M$Greedia's response should have been absolute condemnation