KAPALUA, Hawaii – The U.S. PGA severed ties with President Donald Trump when it approved Sunday’s withdrawal of next year’s PGA Championship from the trustee-owned golf course in New Jersey.
The vote took place four days after Trump’s National Capitol-invaded invasion of Congress when Congress certified Electoral President Joe Biden’s electoral victory. This is the second time in five years that the U.S. PGA has withdrawn one of its competitions from a Trump camp.
PGA President Jim Richerson said the board approved exercising its right to “end the deal” with Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey.
“We are in a political situation for which we are not responsible,” Seth Waugh, director general of the U.S. PGA, said in a telephone interview.
“We are trustworthy of our members, of the game, of our mission and our brand. And what is the best way to protect this? Our feeling for Wednesday’s tragic events is that we can no longer have competition at Bedminster. damage could have been irreparable. Leaving was the only real course of action. “
The U.S. PGA, which has about 29,000 professional golfers, most of whom teach the sport, signed the deal with Trump National in 2014.
The organization canceled the PGA Golf Grand Slam in 2015 to be held at the Los Angeles Trump National Golf Club following the tycoon’s derogatory statements about Mexican immigrants when he announced that he would seek Republican presidential candidacy. .
This tournament was permanently canceled the following spring.