Trump golf course will NOT be allowed to host major championship.

[Kingofalldems]

Huge slap in the face for Trump.

Link to tweet

[North Shore Chicago]

1. Let the dominoes fall!

Let them be branded with the scarlet "T" for the remainder of their pathetic little lives.

[LakeVermilion]

2. He hasn't done anything for golf...

He has only played at his courses where he could break any rules without consequence. Trump is the poorest example of the virtues of the game. Yet, like in politics, he is given the benefit of the doubt and a free pass to do anything he wants.

[groundloop]

40. He's even intentionally played someone else's ball to "win" a bet

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-international-golf-club-championship-ball-cheat-2019-5

Apparently, they get to a hole with a big pond in front of the green. Both Ted and his son hit the ball on the green, but Trump hits his in the water. By the time they get to the hole, though, Trump is lining up the son's ball. Only now it's his ball and the caddie has switched it.

The son is like, "That's my ball!" But Trump's caddie goes, "No, this is the president's ball; your ball went in the water." Ted and his son look at each other confused, not sure if this is really happening.

[obamanut2012]

75. I've seen videos of him playing

I'm better than he is, and my father is, too. And, we don't cheat.

[catbyte]

3. ...

Wow. Poor Donnie can't catch a break anywhere.

[exboyfil]

4. I wonder if those golfers that received Freedom Medals

are feeling a little embarrassed now.

[catbyte]

6. Nah, they are both fullblown MAGAts.

[lonely bird]

23. The three that got medals were Sorenstam, Zaharias (postumously) and Player

I don’t know about Annika Sorenstamm’s politics but Gary Player supported apartheid early in his career. It appears that he did change his views over time.

[Grins]

33. Heard that Player's son...

...got all over him for accepting that used-to-be honor.

[Kingofalldems]

8. Twitter and instagram silence from both.

[MineralMan]

5. Spray the entire course with RoundUp.

That'll take care of it. Then do the same to all Trump-branded golf courses.

[PCIntern]

12. Thanks for the laugh

[MineralMan]

62. I was serious. Come in at night with cropdusters

and just spray the entire course.

Well, sort of serious, anyhow.

[MustLoveBeagles]

63. +1

[central scrutinizer]

7. Pile on!

Yes! PGA is not a liberal organization.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. 50% R

30+% L.
Under 20% D.
So yes, this is a serious statement.
That said t%$#@, might not even own that course 15 months from now.
Promissory notes coming due soon and no shield of the presidency to prevent aggressive collections.

[SCantiGOP]

52. He loses money on most of his courses

He might be selling them off just to pay his lawyer bills.
The shit he’s going to be facing are not going to be the type of things where you want Giuliani defending you.

[ProfessorGAC]

66. No Doubt

Just like a casino, I don't understand how one loses money on a high end golf course.
The business model must be dreadful.

[SCantiGOP]

67. Two reasons:

Golf courses were annihilated by the economic shutdown, and Trump
spent ridiculous money on his tacky renovation of courses he acquired.

[NQCowboy68]

9. This will sting his ego hard

A huge move. PGA is filled with trump humpers and golf in general is played by a lot of the rich white elite that idolize him. I can't imagine the PGA governing body made this decision in isolation without feedback from the players and the broader golf community.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. While I Agree About The PGA,...

...please don't perpetuate the myth that golf is a game for elitist rich people.
True of country clubs, but under 4% of golf courses are country clubs.
Per Money magazine, 2019, the median household income of golfers in $99,000, pretax.
It's about $62,000 for the whole population.
Is it played by people with higher than typical income? Sure.
But, there are areas of the country where $99k for the household is barely middle class.
And, since that's the median, 50% of golfers make under that $99k.
The PGA is 50% R, 30+% L, & under 20% D. So, you're dead on about tour golfers.
But, the vast majority of golfers aren't rich.
Personal info: We have a group of 12 retired guys that play every day during golf weather.
One of the 12 has a retirement income of over 6 figures. And, that's me.
We're quite comfortable, but it's a stretch to call my wife & I rich.

[marie999]

36. We lived in Florida for 20 years.

Our days were filled with tennis, golf, and fishing. We are not rich nor do we consider ourselves white. The government does, but many Middle Eastern people do not consider themselves white. My husband's paternal grandfather was European, his other grandparents were Persian, and my grandparents were Persian.

[mdbl]

37. Very true.

My father and all his brothers played golf regularly. None of them were of more than modest means.

[Grins]

38. HS classmate of mine fell in love with golf in 8th grade..

...could only play at a tiny 9-hole municipal course. Don’t know what fee was WAY BACK then, but a town resident where the town tried to encourage the game as recreation, and a Jr. High student....it couldn’t have been much.

A few years ago when she was in her 60’s she was inducted into the African American Golfers Hall of Fame!

[obamanut2012]

77. that is so cool

[NQCowboy68]

54. Never intended to imply golf is only for elites

I've played the game for the past 36 years of my life. Been and currently a member of a country club but also play a lot at munis and public courses. My career has also been in corporate America so I see and know the trump loyalists that play the game. I've been on gold courses and played with executives, ceo's, politicians, lobbyists etc. I know the mindset and how they align politically.

[obamanut2012]

76. I was out playing with my Dad and GF this morning

We just got back. Beautiful muni, $12 green fees. None of us are "elite" richies. Nor anyone else out there today.

[niyad]

22. Welcome to our DU family

[NQCowboy68]

55. Thanks!

[NCDem47]

11. I like watching golf. It's great background TV on the weekends.

But every now and then I'll read or see that some player is a Trump humper and it forever sours me on that player. I never look at them teh same.

Good for PGA. $$$ out of his wallet.

[TNNurse]

28. My husband cannot watch golf anymore,

because of Trump.

[smirkymonkey]

14. Good! Hit him where it hurts.

I can't wait to see his whole, rotten, miserable life crumble down around him.

[yellowcanine]

16. Holy cow! That will leave a mark.

[captain queeg]

17. Egg-cellent!

[Paladin]

18. Now THAT will hurt him. Outstanding.

Fucking with one of his golf courses and taking money out of his pocket---he'll be a lot more pissed about that than a second impeachment or 25th Amendment removal or the judgment that he's far-and-away the worst president that this country has ever had.

[JohnnyRingo]

19. Let the public pillary begin.

The only thing better is if we got to throw garbage at him in the town square.
Ruin the whole family. Make anything attached to the Trump name a pariah to be shamed and shunned.

[DesertRat]

20. It's a huge deal to host a PGA tournament

This will sting his pride and wallet.

[SergeStorms]

56. What will hurt most.....

Is not hearing the TV announcers saying, "coming to you from beautiful Trump Bedminster"... and of course the TV interviews where the Orange Anus can tell everyone he invented golf and only his golf courses are fit to play. Then he'll triple the dues and initiation fees, and raise the price of bottled water to $20.

[NHvet]

21. that's the only thing that will make him cry

Hitting him in the pocket book..... Make him irrelevant and force him to slink away back under a rock.

[bucolic_frolic]

24. Surely golf doesn't want invasions by insurrectionists

so yeah I can understand they want immediate separation before they're lobbied for horns and skins costumes

[mgardener]

25. Anybody else upset

That the everybody else but Republicans are holding Trump accountable for his actions?
That the private sector is doing the government's job.

[mdbl]

39. What did you expect with moscow mitch still controlling the senate

and lindsay graham and ted cruz still darkening the halls, not to mention hawley. I hope our country starts to purge itself of these lying vermin.

[Lonestarblue]

26. Any business or organization that holds an event at a Trump property needs to be ostracized.

Republicans will most likely still funnel as much money as possible to Trump in the hope that he will favor them, but public corporations and organizations should be boycotted if they even have an executive stay in a Trump hotel. He committed treason with his coup and needs to suffer the financial consequences.

I hope he goes bankrupt soon. Russia has no reason to bail him out once again. Whatever intel they sought in the attack on the Capitol has been obtained. I doubt Trump has a lot more to give them.

I truly hope Merrick Garland has the will to fully investigate every player in this coup, including Trump, and bring them all to justice. There can be no sweeping this under the rug so the country can move on. I hope Biden appoints someone as Deputy AG who already knows the players and agents inside the DOJ. Any white supremacy sympathizers need to go, and the FBI needs a mandate to clean up these right-wing terrorist groups calling themselves citizen militias. Every state has a law against their operation, but those laws have been ignored. We need a federal law that will give the FBI some teeth to arrest and prosecute these terrorists.

[niyad]

27. Has one of the murdering thug's courses ever hosted a major tournament?

[bullwinkle428]

30. Yes - the U.S. Women's Open in 2017. Most of the competitors didn't want

to even talk about him when asked. In addition, since he took ownership of Turnberry in Scotland several years ago, the R&A (governing body of golf worldwide outside of the USA) refused to use that course for the Open Championship, regarded by many as the premium golf event of the year. Quality-wise, Turnberry is in the conversation for the best course in the U.K., but the R&A didn't want to deal with the toxicity associated with Cheetolini.

[niyad]

32. Thank you.

[ToxMarz]

29. There must be some clause in the lease he has on federal property

He calls Trump International Hotel that would prohibit seditionists.

[pandr32]

31. May anything part of TRUMP Industries die

[judesedit]

34. Awesome, but too bad it took this extreme event to get people to do what they should've done from

the beginning of Dump's hateful nonsense speak. And that was before he was implanted. I hope the people who helped steal the 2016 election for him feel like shit. Although, you know Russia is laughing. And I'm a zillion times grateful that they failed in 2020. You know they tried like hell. Thank you, dems, for showing up at the polls and for those that voted on paper ballots by the millions.

[ClusterFreak]

35. I'm glad but I also don't give a fuck.

Sorry but it just seems like a thread crowing about Trump losing a PGA tournament - when U.S. democracy is currently under siege by armed far right white supremacist lunatics - is about as far down my "Fucks to give" list as anything could be.

[Ligyron]

45. Yeah, but Trump cares big time and that's the point.

This will at least help offset some of the other stuff he'll no doubt skate on.

[Ligyron]

41. Oh, this just gets better and better...

[Johnny2X2X]

42. This will sting

He loves the status of things like this.

[KPN]

43. I'll be! Wonderful. BTW, did you notice how

tiny his hands are in the photo? Teeny weeny!

[dalton99a]

44. Trump should be a synonym for toxic.

[NNadir]

46. His days of golfing are over. There are no courses in prison. n/t.

[OhNo-Really]

47. It's a start. Kudos PGA

Link to tweet

[AllaN01Bear]

48. le ouch.

[gulliver]

49. Time for Tiger Woods to return his Medal of Freedom?

If he did that without condition it would send a strong message.

[BobTheSubgenius]

50. Sorry, golf fans.

The only thing more boring than golf on TV is golf on radio.

[Jon King]

51. I will post this for the hundreth time.....

Because it is everything. Destroy everything Trump world. Behind the scenes, in public. Financially, civilly, criminally. Sue him, charge him, boycott him. Big tech isolate him. Choke off the money supply.

All Trumps, kids and grand kids once they become adults, must some day not be able to take a step in public without being heckled. Make the Trump name just like Hitler. The Trump family for 3 generations has been evil, now they tried to destroy democracy, they must be destroyed.

The MAGA cult must see their god taken down.

[fishwax]

53. and all it took to turn them off was a little insurrection

People have been calling for this for a long time. I'm glad that the PGA is apparently going to make this move.

[sellitman]

57. Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Let's hope this is just the beginning.

[BootinUp]

58. Good call. Nt

[Ziggysmom]

59. Golf: A Complete Waste of Time and Money That is Destroying the Planet

“A typical golf course uses 90 million gallons of water every year”

Golf courses use 4-7 times the amount of pesticides, per acre, than agricultural land, too!



https://medium.com/makingofamillionaire/golf-a-complete-waste-of-time-and-money-that-is-destroying-the-planet-1587ca61a4ad

[malaise]

60. I'm waiting for the power company and water to

cut off his services

[llmart]

61. This makes me so happy!

Bit by bit, little by little, that name is going to be toxic. If any of his grifting children think they're going to be anything but despised and belittled wherever they go, they are in for a big surprise. Also, Princess Sprarklepony's dream of being the first female president has just died.

[Orange Buffoon]

64. Bedminster not even ranked in the top 100 U.S. courses.

Not sure why it was getting a major.

[MineralMan]

65. Earlier, I suggested that the entire course be sprayed with Roundup.

Since then, I have done some research into long-term soil sterilants. Here's one that would work even better:

https://valtecindustries.com/products/barren-weed-killer#:~:text=Barren%20is%20a%20powerful%2C%20ready,longest%20lasting%20residual%20action%20available.

EPA Registered

Barren is a powerful, ready to use non-selective herbicide designed to kill all vegetation wherever it is applied. Kills all annoying weeds around buildings, storage yards and other industrial sites.

Barren is also a soil sterilant, providing the longest lasting residual action available. Barren is only recommended for use on non-cropland areas away from residential/recreational areas.

[RussellCattle]

68. Mr. Man - You are, if nothing else, quite thorough with your suggestions. Using "RoundUp" would just

......engender a bunch of lawsuits against us for using a carcinogen.

[MineralMan]

69. Well, I was more concerned with Roundup's short-term action.

We need something that will make it impossible for grass to grow for years.

I just want to be thorough, as you said, and find the best possible option.

[RussellCattle]

70. I'm happy to see that you're still pitching in here on DU. I hope that your recent....

.....family trouble has worked out well for you.

[MineralMan]

71. Well, I expect my grief to last for a very long time.

That does not mean that I will silence myself, though.

[keithbvadu2]

72. A Go-fund-me page?

That would be mean.

[MurrayDelph]

73. Personally, I think it would be highly poetic

If his courses were "crop-dusted" with Agent Orange.

[Denzil_DC]

74. History rhymes. Trump's Turnberry course in Scotland lost the chance to host the Open in 2015,

well, basically, because he's such a blowhard racist asshole:

Donald Trump's Turnberry golf club to no longer host The Open tournament amid anger over controversial remarks

The more offensive he is, the more popular he is – but not in Scotland, and not with golf’s ruling class

When Donald Trump bought the famous Turnberry golf club in Ayrshire last year, he believed his name would soon be cemented alongside the legends of the game.

But his dream of handing over the trophy at The Open is in tatters, The Independent on Sunday can reveal, after golf’s governing body, headquartered in Scotland, privately decided that his reputation is now so toxic that the newly renamed Trump Turnberry can no longer host the game’s most prestigious tournament.

Controversial remarks made by Mr Trump in his campaign for the Republican nomination – about Muslims, Mexicans, Chinese and women, among others – have given him a near-pariah status in the global game, raising the risk of a boycott by sponsors and international players.

Previously, the new chief executive of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, Martin Slumbers, had been expected to endorse Turnberry as a venue for the 2020 Open. But in June Mr Trump called Mexican immigrants “rapists” and called for a wall to be built along the United States-Mexico border. The comment, according to R&A insiders, raised eyebrows about what might come next.

One member told The Independent on Sunday: “Those who forecast worse would come, including warnings from our American cousins, have been proved correct.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/donald-trump-s-turnberry-golf-club-no-longer-host-open-tournament-amid-anger-over-controversial-remarks-a6771086.html

Trump's desperation to have Turnberry host the prestigious (and very lucrative) tournament continued during his term in office. This from 2018:

Donald Trump's Turnberry remains out in the cold as Open venue

Carnoustie, Scotland (CNN)The crown of Donald Trump's golf empire is set to remain out in the cold as a potential venue for the prestigious British Open.

The Trump-owned historic Turnberry resort on the west coast of Scotland hosted the last of its four Opens in 2009, when Stewart Cink beat the 59-year-old Tom Watson in a playoff, but it has since been overlooked as a venue for golf's oldest major.

The next available slot for an Open is in 2022, following the 150th anniversary of golf's oldest major back at St. Andrews --- dubbed the "Home of Golf" -- in 2021.

But when asked if Turnberry would be considered as one of the 10 eligible Open venues, the chief executive of organizer the R&A, Martin Slumbers, told a news conference ahead of this week's Open at Carnoustie: "In 2022 we'll be going south of the [Scottish] border."

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/18/sport/donald-trump-turnberry-british-open-golf-spt-intl/index.html

Trump subsequently pressured the US's Embassador to the UK to secure the Open for Turnberry, but maybe Woody Johnson wasn't the best emissary for this mission:

Trump asked UK envoy to get British Open: reports

US President Donald Trump sought to have his ambassador to the UK inquire with the British government if it would host the British Open at his golf course in Scotland, according to multiple reports.

The State Department's Inspector General opened a probe into Woody Johnson, who owns the New York Jets National Football League team and whom Trump chose as America's top envoy to the UK in 2017, after he raised the request with the UK secretary of state for Scotland, David Mundell, according to multiple reports.

Johnson reportedly made the overture over objections from his deputy, Lewis Lukens, who warned it poses ethical questions over the use of America's highest office for personal gain, according to the New York Times, which first reported the development Tuesday.

The Inspector General's probe delved not only into Johnson's request that the UK government hold the golf championship at Trump's Turnberry resort, but also a history of complaints against Johnson for alleged racist and sexist comments, CNN reported separately.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-asked-uk-envoy-to-get-british-open-reports/1919290

And the snubbing continues:

Trump Turnberry Snubbed In Favour Royal Troon Hosting 2023 Open Championship.

Trump Turnberry’s return to host golf’s oldest major looks even more remote after the R & A, and organisers of golf’s oldest major, indicated the 2023 Open will be heading to Royal Troon.

Turnberry, as it was known before being taken over by the Trump organisation, last hosted The Open in 2009 when American Stuart Cink defeated five-time former Open winner, Tom Watson in a play-off.

Concerns, ... as reported in the Daily Record, have surrounded the political implications of staging the R&A’s top event at Turnberry, which was bought by Donald Trump in 2014.

The USA President, who has since passed control of the resort to his son, splashed £200m on overhauling its courses and hotel.

http://www.golfbytourmiss.com/2020/02/trump-turnberry-snubbed-in-favour-royal-troon-hosting-2024-open-championship/

So golf's ruling bodies showed much better judgement that the Republican Party and its hangers-on in distancing themselves from Trump during the last half-decade.

[Maru Kitteh]

78. THAT'S going to leave a mark!

[Gothmog]

79. Yeah

Link to tweet

[Blue Owl]

80. Go fuck yourself Donny you fat piece of shit

[colsohlibgal]

81. Good News

He is going to be seen as a bad actor and shunned all over the place. He will be a strong contender for most hated human going forward.

[DFW]

82. At this point, I would hope the stigma is so great....

....that they end up hosting nobody at all except Ivanka and Jared.

[Cha]

83. Great News.. Attempting to Overthrow

the Will of the People has Consequences.