PGA 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 golf’s 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 they’re going to share that brand with a host .?.?. it’s a difficult conversation. The politics may have contributed some since he’s 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. .?.?. They’re moving it to Mexico City — which, by the way, I hope they have kidnapping insurance. But they’re moving it to Mexico City. And I’m saying, you know, what’s going on here? It’s so sad when you look what’s going on with our country.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/golf/pga-tour-moves-tournament-from-miami-donald-trump-course--to-mexico/2016/06/01/0a625456-2838-11e6-ae4a-3cdd5fe74204_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trumpdoral-645pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. That must stick in his craw almost unbearably.

And I love it.

[spanone]

2. the PGA does not tolerate controversy.

i'll bet he pissed them off.

[lunatica]

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]

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]

13. Thanks!

I feel so much better!

[JBoy]

5. Delicioso!

[nitpicker]

6. Link to the BBC article

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36431731

[nitpicker]

7. Link to the PGA-WGC puff piece

http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/cadillac-championship/news/2016/06/01/event-moves-to-mexico-city.html

[malaise]

8. Delish is the only word

Don the Con will learn that hate speech has consequences.

[spanone]

9. moved it to MEXICO!!!! tweak his fucking nose and wallet.

[malaise]

11. Better than chocolates with Brazil nuts

my brother; better than Blue Mountain Coffee with irony instead of cream

[mnmoderatedem]

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]

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