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Friday, June 3, 2016

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."

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Is PGA Move Against Trump An Attempt To Hit Him Financially As Well As Politically?

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.

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Univison Cannot Go To Doral Golf Course!

Trump Bans Univision From Doral Property After Falling Out

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By Cathy Burke | Friday, 26 Jun 2015 04:58 PM

An increasingly bitter feud is escalating between Spanish-language media titan Univision and GOP presidential contender Donald Trump, with the real estate billionaire slapping a ban on duffers from the TV network from stepping onto the golf courses at Trump National Doral in South Florida.

"Dear Randy," Trump writes in a letter to the CEO/President of Univision Communications Inc., Randy Flaco, on Friday, Fox News reports. "Please be advised that under no circumstances is any officer or representative of Univision allowed to use Trump National Doral, Miami – its golf courses or any of its facilities."

Trump also declared he was going to seal the border between the Trump greens and Univision's office nearby.

"Also, please immediately stop work and close the gate which is being constructed between our respective properties," Trump wrote. "If this is not done within one week, we will close it."

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In a postscript he adds:

"Please congratulate your Mexican government officials for having made such outstanding trade deals with the United States. However, inform them that should I become president, those days are over. We are bringing jobs back to the U.S. Also, a meaningful border will be immediately created, not the laughingstock that currently exists."

Shortly after the letter was revealed, aUnivision spokesperson told Politico's On Media blog its staffers have been banned from staying at any Trump properties "while on company business," and from holding events or activities there.

The acrimony began with Univision's announcement it would cut ties with Trump's Miss Universe Organization and won't air its planned Miss USA simulcast — in protest for remarks Trump made about Mexico in his presidential candidacy announcement — and Trump's retaliatory vow he'd sue for breach of contract.

They're also battling on the social media front, with one Univision president posting a picture comparing Trump to Charleston, S.C., race-hate shooter Dylann Roof, the Washington Free Beacon reports.

The executive later apologized, a mea culpa Trump refused to accept, Fox News reports.

On Friday, Trump also posted on Instagram a hand-written letter apparently from Univision's top anchor, Jorge Ramos, asking to interview Trump, which included Ramos' personal cell phone number, Fox reports.

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