The PGA decided to move a tour date for golf tournament to Mexico City starting next year. Said tour was held in South Florida for the last 55 years on a course that is owned by one Donald Trump. Instead of doing what normal business owners do (negotiate, have polite discussions with the PGA or do something else with the space and acquire goodwill), he threw a Trumpertantrum. The Washington Post reports:
“Can you believe it?” Trump asked the crowd at a rally here Wednesday evening. “Think of it: They moved the PGA Tour — moved the World Golf Championship — from Miami, where they’re furious, to Mexico City. Not good.”
Furious about what? The sponsor backing out? The PGA explained here: Cadillac was the tournament sponsor and they decided not to continue sponsoring the tournament in 2016. After a year of looking for another sponsor, the PGA found one in Mexico. The term World Golf Championship is a clue that this is not just a national event. World includes Mexico and this is a seven-year agreement between the PGA and Grupo Salinas. But as always, facts are not important. It is all about the Trumpertantrum.
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