World Golf Championship to be moved from Donald Trump’s Doral course to Mexico
Presidential candidate hits out at the PGA Tour after it confirms the WGC-Cadillac Championship will no longer be staged at his famed golf course at Doral in Florida
Donald Trump hit out angrily at the PGA Tour on Wednesday after the organisation confirmed that the WGC-Cadillac Championship would no longer be staged at his famed golf course at Doral in Florida.
It is a sad day for Miami, the United States and the game of golf, to have the PGA Tour consider moving the World Golf Championships, which has been hosted in Miami for the last 55 years, to Mexico
PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem insisted the decision to stage the tournament in Mexico City from next year was driven by a failure to find a sponsor rather than politics.
However Finchem admitted that presumptive Republican US presidential nominee Trump’s larger-than-life profile created “difficulties” when it came to attracting a sponsor.
“Donald Trump is a brand, a big brand, and when you’re asking a company to invest millions of dollars in branding a tournament and they’re going to share that brand with the host, it’s a difficult conversation,” Finchem said.
“From a political point of view, we are neutral, PGA Tour has never been involved in presidential politics.
“The politics might have contributed some since he has been running, and he (Trump) knows that.”
Finchem said the PGA Tour had explained the move to Trump on Tuesday.