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Nicklaus Has Milk Toast Response To PGA

Jack Nicklaus: 'Disappointed' Golf Championship Leaving Miami

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By Mark Swanson | Thursday, 02 Jun 2016 02:59 PM

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Jack Nicklaus said in a statement that he's "disappointed for Doral and the city of Miami" to have lost the World Golf Championship.

The WGC, which had been played at Donald Trump's Doral property since 2007, is moving to Mexico City starting next year. The move leaves Doral without a PGA Tour event for the first time since 1962.

"I have always believed that golf is a global game, and I have made it a lifelong mission to travel the world to introduce and grow the game by either playing it or designing golf courses," Nicklaus said. "So I am delighted that an event with the significance of a World Golf Championship is coming to Mexico City, and I think it is a huge positive for the Tour and the game itself. My only hope is that golf played at its highest level will soon return to Miami and Trump Doral."

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PGA Tour Moves Tournament from Trump Course in Florida to Mexico

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By Jason Devaney | Wednesday, 01 Jun 2016 05:34 PM

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The PGA Tour is moving one of its marquee events from Donald Trump's Doral resort in Florida to a golf course in Mexico City starting next year, a decision that Trump called "sad."

The World Golf Championship has been contested at Doral, located just outside Miami, since 2007. The PGA Tour signed a 10-year extension in 2013 to keep the tournament there, but ESPN reports the main sponsor Cadillac declined to renew its sponsorship. That negated the 10-year deal, forcing the PGA Tour to look for a new sponsor and/or a new host.

Doral hosted the Doral Open from 1962 to 2006 before taking on the World Golf Championship.

"I just heard the PGA Tour is taking their tournament out of Miami and moving it to Mexico. It's at Doral, one of my places," Trump told Fox News Tuesday night. "They're moving it to Mexico City which, by the way, I hope they have kidnapping insurance.

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"They're moving it to Mexico City. And I'm saying, you know, what's going on here? It is so sad when you look at what's going on with our country."

Starting next year, the tournament will be named the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship. Grupo Salinas signed a seven-year sponsorship deal to put on the event.

It's not clear whether Cadillac's decision not to renew its sponsorship came because of Trump's ownership of Doral. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has lost other business in the last year because of comments he's made about Mexico.

Overall, however, Trump's business revenue has spiked since he announced his presidential plans last summer.

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Nicklaus Has Milk Toast Response To PGA

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PGA Tour Moves Tournament from Trump Course in Florida to Mexico

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