The 2022 PGA Championship will no longer be held in Trump Bedminster.
As he faces the loneliness of his presidency, Donald Trump learned on Sunday evening that the U.S. In the wake of last week’s riots at the Capitol, he has lost one of the relationships he values most: his partnership with the Professional Golfers Association.
While the president has been announced to try and maintain his political career, the proprietors of one of America’s four major PGA golf championship tournaments have announced that they plan to move their 2022 PGA championship away from the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster. , NJ
U.S. President P.G.A. Jim Richards said in a statement that the PGA of America Board of Directors voted tonight to exercise the right to terminate the contract to play the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump Bedminster.
“We have a wonderful partnership with the PGA of the United States and are extremely disappointed with their decision,” said a spokesman for the Trump organization. “This is a breach of the binding agreement and they have no right to terminate the contract. As an organization we have invested many, many millions of dollars in the 2022 PGA Championship at the Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster. We will continue to promote it. Focuses on managing the best golf courses anywhere in the world. “
Trump is an avid golfer, and the Trump organization owns or operates 17 golf courses around the world, with the expectation of three more opening in Dubai and Indonesia. Before taking office, Trump told his supporters that he was “working for you,” so he “didn’t take the time to play golf” – but he has mixed politics with golf during his tenure at the White House. .
A website called Trump Golf Count, which monitors President Trump’s golf outings, has seen Trump visit golf clubs for nearly 300 days during his presidency, linking them to world leaders, political allies, business executives, media personalities and professional athletes.
Trump has awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the President’s Medal, Tiger Woods, Babe Dedrikson Zahrius, Gary Player and Annica Sorenstein the nation’s highest civilian honor, the President’s National Medal
And, at some point, Trump appeared to be using the power of his office fees to benefit his global golf business, especially when Trump reportedly asked U.S. Ambassador to Britain Woody Johnson to help the British government secure a future British Open. Trump Turnberry Resort in Scotland. The next day, Trump denied the report, saying, “No, I’ve never talked to Woody Johnson about Turnberry.”
As of Sunday, the 2022 PGA Championship was the only upcoming tournament listed on the Trump Organization’s website, so the U.S. PGA’s decision will separate the rest of its relationship with its golfing establishment, effectively excluding him and his courses from the prestigious and exciting world. Professional golf.
In 2016, the Golf Professional Circuit, PGA Tour, prematurely concluded an agreement to host a World Golf Championship event at the Trump National Doral Resort in Miami, after candidate Trump moved vague remarks about Mexican immigrants on the election campaign.
