© Trump National Golf Club Bedminster

"The PGA of America Board of Directors voted tonight to exercise their right to terminate the agreement to play the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump Bedminster", wrote in a tweet Jim Richerson, president of the PGA of America.

According to Lynch, relocation of the 2022 PGA Championship has been the subject of internal debate at the PGA of America for more than two years, but executives were already reluctant before.

It comes less than a week after a pro-Trump mob clashed with police, stormed the U.S. Capitol and swept the halls of Congress, resulting in the deaths of five people including a Capitol cop.

This isn't the first time the tour has canceled a planned event at a Trump property. In 2015, the Grand Slam of Golf at Trump National Los Angeles Golf Club was canceled after a comment on Mexican immigrants.

"We find ourselves in a political situation for which we are not responsible"PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh told The Associated Press in a phone interview. “We are trustees for our members, for the game, for our mission and for our brand. And how can we best protect it? The tragic events of Wednesday made us feel that we could no longer hold on to Bedminster. The damage could have been irreparable. The only real course of action was to leave. "

A spokesperson for the Trump organization issued the following statement on Sunday evening:

"We had a great partnership with the PGA of America and we are incredibly disappointed with their decision", can we read in the declaration. “This is a breach of a binding contract and they have no right to terminate the agreement. As an organization, we have invested many, many millions of dollars in the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster. We will continue to promote golf at all levels and focus on operating the best golf courses in the world. "

Where will the PGA Championship take place?

Mr Lynch said on a Sunday night show on Golf Channel that Tulsa's Southern Hills Country Club and Liberty National Golf Club - which is about 40 miles from Trump Bedminster - are considered by PGA officials America as potential replacements.

Either way, it cuts ties with Trump's golf properties, at least for the foreseeable future. The PGA Senior Championship was held on Trump's course outside of Washington in 2017, and the USGA hosted the US Women's Open at Trump Bedminster that year as well.

But no other event is now linked to the Trump organization's family of courses, which currently has 17 courses but is expected to increase to 20 in the future.

“It's not because of the pressures that we feel. We are not forced to make a decision ”Mr Waugh told the AP. “We had to make a business decision. It is a perpetual institution. My job is to pass this institution on under better conditions than when I took over. A hundred years from now, we still want to be dynamic. "

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