Trumped as Mexico City replaces Doral
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DONALD Trump is losing business to Mexico — a prestigious golf tournament at his resort at Doral.
The PGA Tour announced on Wednesday that a World Golf Championship, which attracts the best players in the world and has been at Trump-owned Doral in South Florida since 2007, is relocating to Mexico City next year.
The move incensed Trump, who suggested on Tuesday night in a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, “I hope they have kidnapping insurance.”
Cadillac did not renew its title sponsorship of the event, and PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said another sponsor that wanted to be at Doral could not be found. The tour signed a seven-year deal with Grupo Salinas, a group of Mexico City companies overseen by Ricardo Salinas.
That means Doral, the longest-running PGA Tour event in Florida dating to 1962, will not have a tournament next year.
Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, called it a “sad day for Miami, the United States and the game of golf” to leave Doral after 54 years for Mexico.
“No different than Nabisco, Carrier and so many other American companies, the PGA Tour has put profit ahead of thousands of American jobs, millions of dollars in revenue for local communities and charities, and the enjoyment of hundreds of thousands of fans who make the tournament an annual tradition,” Trump said. “This decision only further embodies the very reason I am running for president of the United States.”
Finchem said the move had nothing to do with politics, only finances.
Trump has attracted criticism for rhetoric used during his campaign, which has included describing Mexican immigrants to the United States “criminals and rapists”.
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