Posted on 01/11/2021 1:26:03 AM PST by Alter Kaker
KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — The PGA of America cut ties to President Donald Trump when it voted Sunday to take the PGA Championship event away from his New Jersey golf course next year.
The vote comes four days after the Trump-fueled riot at the nation’s Capitol as Congress was certifying the election victory of President-elect Joe Biden. This is the second time in just over five years the PGA of America removed one of its events from a Trump course.
PGA President Jim Richerson says the board voted to exercise its right to “terminate the agreement” with Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey.
“We find ourselves in a political situation not of our making,” Seth Waugh, the CEO of the PGA of America, said in a telephone interview. “We’re fiduciaries for our members, for the game, for our mission and for our brand. And how do we best protect that? Our feeling was given the tragic events of Wednesday that we could no longer hold it at Bedminster. The damage could have been irreparable. The only real course of action was to leave.”
The PGA of America, which has some 29,000 golf professionals who mostly teach the game, signed the deal with Trump National in 2014.
It canceled the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in 2015 at Trump National Los Angeles Golf Club after Trump’s disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants when he announced he was seeking the Republican nomination for president. The event was canceled for good the following spring.
The shocking insurrection Wednesday rattled the country, and in golf circles, attention quickly focused on whether the PGA of America would keep its premier championship — and one of golf’s four major championships — at Trump’s course in 2022.
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75 million Trump voters should boycott/drop/disengage anything these idiots offer/market/sell/promote and teach them decisions have bad consequences.
Stop watching sports, period.
"... Trump-fueled riot ..."
Since when did they change it from "Trump-incited" to "Trump-fueled"?
Perhaps the AP noticed WaPo's timeline, which clearly shows that nobody who heard his speech could have covered the 45-min walk from his speech to the Capitol in time for the confrontation with the police, given when the tussling first occurred. Anyone who appears in those videos from the beginning of the melee would have had to leave Trump's speech at least 5 minutes *before* the speech even started. (Maybe the latest excuse is that they didn't NEED to hear his words before going on the attack ... maybe the red of the MAGA hats triggered them like a red cape does to a bull, so it's still all Trump's Fault anyway).
BTW, WaPo didn't explicitly state what their timeline proved. They didn't even tell readers how long it takes to travel that distance. In fact, they still tried to blame the fighting on Trump's speech, probably hoping readers would not figure the truth out for themselves from the timeline they put together.
Ugh! But I like sports! I thought the PGA at least was safe. Guess not.
Note to players: Learn to code.
Nothing will be safe. Wokeness is expected to be everywhere. I’m sticking with older games and not playing any new ones in order to cope.
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