Another golf event drops Trump course due to attack on immigrants
Source: Reuters
Another golf event drops Trump course due to attack on immigrants
Source: Reuters - Tue, 7 Jul 2015 18:51 GMT
(Adds Rubio reaction, PGA statement)
By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump suffered a fresh blow on Tuesday with the announcement that a professional golfing event scheduled for October at a Trump course in Los Angeles will be moved, the latest fallout from his vitriol against undocumented immigrants from Mexico.
A statement issued by Hope Hicks, Trump's campaign spokeswoman, said the real estate mogul met on Monday with representatives from the PGA of America and they agreed "it is in everyone's best interest not to conduct the 2015 Grand Slam of Golf at Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles in October."
"Due to the controversy surrounding statements made by Mr. Trump having to do with illegal immigrants pouring into the United States from Mexico and other parts of the world, Mr. Trump does not want his friends at the PGA of America to suffer any consequences or backlash with respect to the Grand Slam of Golf," Hicks said.
The decision to move the Grand Slam of Golf event, which usually features a handful of the best professional golfers competing against one another, came a day after sports broadcaster ESPN announced it would move the ESPY Celebrity Golf Classic from Trump National Golf Club to Pelican Hill Golf Club in the Los Angeles area.
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