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Insider: PGA to strip Trump Bedminster of 2022 PGA Championship

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    animateanimate Member Posts: 4,231
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    Sledog said:

    Pissing off millions of golfers is a good business strategy.

    It is a good business strat! Just not for the peeps you are aware about. Aahahaha ...
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    BendintheriverBendintheriver Member Posts: 5,489
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    dflea said:

    Trump is a gigantic sack of shit. Why would anyone want to be associated with his fat ass?

    Oh I don't know. Maybe the best economy in our lifetime? More people employed than ever? The release of prisoners based upon racist rules set up by biden? How about a President who brokered an amazing amount of peace in the Middle East?

    I know you goose stepping morons like to FEEL GOOD hating people who disagree with your politics of personal destruction, how about you grow the fuck up and give us some facts for such hate? Or are you happy living under a President who didn't want to live in a racial jungle?

    Fucking moron.
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    EsophagealFecesEsophagealFeces Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,516
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    dflea said:

    Trump is a gigantic sack of shit. Why would anyone want to be associated with his fat ass?

    Oh I don't know. Maybe the best economy in our lifetime? More people employed than ever? The release of prisoners based upon racist rules set up by biden? How about a President who brokered an amazing amount of peace in the Middle East?

    I know you goose stepping morons like to FEEL GOOD hating people who disagree with your politics of personal destruction, how about you grow the fuck up and give us some facts for such hate? Or are you happy living under a President who didn't want to live in a racial jungle?

    Fucking moron.
    Boom roasted!
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    animateanimate Member Posts: 4,231
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    dflea said:

    Trump is a gigantic sack of shit. Why would anyone want to be associated with his fat ass?

    Oh I don't know. Maybe the best economy in our lifetime? More people employed than ever? The release of prisoners based upon racist rules set up by biden? How about a President who brokered an amazing amount of peace in the Middle East?

    I know you goose stepping morons like to FEEL GOOD hating people who disagree with your politics of personal destruction, how about you grow the fuck up and give us some facts for such hate? Or are you happy living under a President who didn't want to live in a racial jungle?

    Fucking moron.
    Love the way people spew out garbage without any kind of evidence or citation.

    "Peace in the middle east because of trump .. " lol

    You think he's making it a priority in the middle east when he can't even keep law and order at home? What a parrot.
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    Bob_CBob_C Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 9,284
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    animate said:

    dflea said:

    Trump is a gigantic sack of shit. Why would anyone want to be associated with his fat ass?

    Oh I don't know. Maybe the best economy in our lifetime? More people employed than ever? The release of prisoners based upon racist rules set up by biden? How about a President who brokered an amazing amount of peace in the Middle East?

    I know you goose stepping morons like to FEEL GOOD hating people who disagree with your politics of personal destruction, how about you grow the fuck up and give us some facts for such hate? Or are you happy living under a President who didn't want to live in a racial jungle?

    Fucking moron.
    Love the way people spew out garbage without any kind of evidence or citation.

    "Peace in the middle east because of trump .. " lol

    You think he's making it a priority in the middle east when he can't even keep law and order at home? What a parrot.
    You’ve got all the power now, no excuses for lack of utopia.
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    GreenRiverGatorzGreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,147
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    Sledog said:

    This is Trump's brand now. Cop-killing mobs. It's going to resonate for a long time. His popularity rating is at 33%, George W. Bush territory.

    Rather cuts agains the country club image, doesn't it?

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9135293/Moment-MAGA-rioter-throws-fire-extinguisher-head-police-officer.html

    Dying from a medical event at the police station is hardly being murdered by a mob.
    Lol, and this from the former cop who is obnoxiously pro police at every turn. You really are a sackless piece of shit.
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    Pitchfork51Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 26,666
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    Tequilla said:

    1) The PGA should be moved if for no other reason than Trump’s name/presence will take the oxygen and focus from the event

    2) It’s bad business for golf to retain the close ties to Trump particularly given that the sport is already viewed as highly elitist

    3) It’s impossible to be affiliated with Trump after the actions of this week ... the fireworks are coming after he leaves office

    Golf is dead in about 15 year regardless so who cares
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    SledogSledog Member Posts: 31,462
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    90 million Trump voters say fuck off. To bad they gave Joe 15 mill of his votes.
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    HHuskyHHusky Member Posts: 19,352
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    Sledog said:

    90 million Trump voters say fuck off. To bad they gave Joe 15 mill of his votes.

    sad
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    KaepskneeKaepsknee Member Posts: 14,753
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    It’s also been announced that Turnberry will not be holding an Open Championship anytime soon.



    But how is there a global cabal????
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    HHuskyHHusky Member Posts: 19,352
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    Kaepsknee said:

    It’s also been announced that Turnberry will not be holding an Open Championship anytime soon.



    But how is there a global cabal????

    People are conspiring to cancel the despicable amongst us. That’s really judgmental.
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    KaepskneeKaepsknee Member Posts: 14,753
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    HHusky said:

    Kaepsknee said:

    It’s also been announced that Turnberry will not be holding an Open Championship anytime soon.



    But how is there a global cabal????

    People are conspiring to cancel the despicable amongst us. That’s really judgmental.

    Yes. Because your team are the good guys???
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    Fire_Marshall_BillFire_Marshall_Bill Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,965
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    HHusky said:

    Kaepsknee said:

    It’s also been announced that Turnberry will not be holding an Open Championship anytime soon.



    But how is there a global cabal????

    People are conspiring to cancel the despicable amongst us. That’s really judgmental.
    The Clintons pardoned a real domestic terrorist in in 2001. Spare us.
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    TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 19,816
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    Tequilla said:

    1) The PGA should be moved if for no other reason than Trump’s name/presence will take the oxygen and focus from the event

    2) It’s bad business for golf to retain the close ties to Trump particularly given that the sport is already viewed as highly elitist

    3) It’s impossible to be affiliated with Trump after the actions of this week ... the fireworks are coming after he leaves office

    1) You honestly think a year from now his name really is going to matter?

    2) Viewed as elitist? Have you looked at the cost of a decent set of irons? The price of green fees for a decent 18 hole course? (I know I sound poor) Golf is as elitist as it gets. Been that way for over 100 years. That perception will never change.

    3) People that watch and play golf won't change their opinion regardless.
    1) Trump’s effectively trash as a brand going forward whether in business or politics ... there will be a fringe niche that will give him business but that’s it. His golf properties that are public will likely see dramatic revenue reductions forcing a sale. The private clubs will see an exodus of membership as the guilty by association is bad business for the members who have plenty to lose.

    Politically I suspect there will be a number on the right that move more to the center and leave the far right on their own. Either the far right will have to adjust or the moderate left will get so pissed at the socialist arm of the Dems that you’ll get a 2nd spinoff where a merged centrist/moderate party is created with potentially more numbers than each of the polarized extremes.

    2) I’m an avid golfer and I know the cost. I rarely buy anything in terms of balls or clothes at full price. Clubs can be hit or miss in terms of getting on sale vs full price (even at full price I get a full setting and often tax paid for). Plenty of golf deals out there if you know what you’re doing. Lots of programs out there for kids with the First Tee that eliminate some of the “country club” stigma. I grew up playing as much as I could and I promise you I’m far from an elitist. Cost of growing up playing baseball and hockey just as examples are far more expensive than golf. I don’t know the particulars with soccer but that wouldn’t surprise me either.

    3) Not sure what you’re referencing about nothing will change but if you’re suggesting all golfers are Trump supporters that’s a very erroneous assumption
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    TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 19,816
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    Bob_C said:

    Tequilla said:

    Bob_C said:

    Tequilla said:

    Sledog said:

    Pissing off millions of golfers is a good business strategy.

    Just flat out wrong
    It’s way beyond just pissing off golfers. Combined with Justin Thomas over the weekend, it just needs to stay off the woke radar. Local Government could really screw golf over with new property tax rules and environmental regulations.
    Trump is just toxic at this point and the sooner he’s not on the radar for the masses the better ... don’t feel like going into huge detail on that

    JT is an idiot ... so I think he meant anything malicious? Of course not. Do I think we would be well served to be reminded of a “sticks and stones ... but words will never hurt me” mindset? Yep. But everybody should be well aware of the environment you live in and this isn’t JT’s 1st dumbass comment. Comes with the territory.

    Local government screwing over golf courses? Perhaps but I think it’s going to be much more localized and nuanced. Seattle for instance is going to go out of their way to shit on golf so that they can repurpose the land. Tacoma ain’t going to fuck with Chambers because that place prints money for them. Places like Bend aren’t going to shit on the tourist economy that props up the region.

    I guess intuitively it could be fun to see the government get really nuanced in picking winners and losers in terms of taxes.
    I’m was agreeing with you... There is no upside into fighting this battle, whether it’s just or not. By fighting, you are making golf itself a target for who knows what. I’m describing how golf could actually get cancelled if the mob wanted to do so.

    There’s push in Seattle to turn the city owned public ones into drug shooting zones, but there have also been pushes in Seattle and LA at least to start assessing the private course property values differently. That’s how you would kill them.
    Seattle’s a mess with respect to golf

    They have the ability to leverage land to create their own version of Chambers Bay ... which is desperately needed ... but it’s easier to feed the narrative that golf is elitist and serves the select few.

    I’ve seen first hand how you can make golf fun and enjoyable for non golfers creating relatively easy entry points into the game ... but whatever

    In the end it’s much easier to have class warfare

    I’m not super familiar with the public courses in LA proper but my sense is most of the good courses are private

    The private clubs that are filled with the ultra rich will just laugh at the added taxes ... but on the other end of things, with COVID proving many of us can work from anywhere, cities are going to be walking fine lines about overplaying their hands leading to large population departures
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    TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 19,816
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    dflea said:

    Trump is a gigantic sack of shit. Why would anyone want to be associated with his fat ass?

    Oh I don't know. Maybe the best economy in our lifetime? More people employed than ever? The release of prisoners based upon racist rules set up by biden? How about a President who brokered an amazing amount of peace in the Middle East?

    I know you goose stepping morons like to FEEL GOOD hating people who disagree with your politics of personal destruction, how about you grow the fuck up and give us some facts for such hate? Or are you happy living under a President who didn't want to live in a racial jungle?

    Fucking moron.
    Let’s say that we give Trump all the credit for your first paragraph ...

    Problem is that his actions since the election so dramatically overshadow what he accomplished that nobody will remember that stuff
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    TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 19,816
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    Tequilla said:

    1) The PGA should be moved if for no other reason than Trump’s name/presence will take the oxygen and focus from the event

    2) It’s bad business for golf to retain the close ties to Trump particularly given that the sport is already viewed as highly elitist

    3) It’s impossible to be affiliated with Trump after the actions of this week ... the fireworks are coming after he leaves office

    Golf is dead in about 15 year regardless so who cares
    Then you aren’t paying attention ...

    https://www.thengfq.com/2020/12/november-2020-national-rounds-played/

    Rounds were significantly up in 2020 even factoring in the 1+ month shutdowns with COVID

    Getting tee times in Washington isn’t the easiest thing in the world
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    GreenRiverGatorzGreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,147
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    Tequilla said:

    Bob_C said:

    Tequilla said:

    Bob_C said:

    Tequilla said:

    Sledog said:

    Pissing off millions of golfers is a good business strategy.

    Just flat out wrong
    It’s way beyond just pissing off golfers. Combined with Justin Thomas over the weekend, it just needs to stay off the woke radar. Local Government could really screw golf over with new property tax rules and environmental regulations.
    Trump is just toxic at this point and the sooner he’s not on the radar for the masses the better ... don’t feel like going into huge detail on that

    JT is an idiot ... so I think he meant anything malicious? Of course not. Do I think we would be well served to be reminded of a “sticks and stones ... but words will never hurt me” mindset? Yep. But everybody should be well aware of the environment you live in and this isn’t JT’s 1st dumbass comment. Comes with the territory.

    Local government screwing over golf courses? Perhaps but I think it’s going to be much more localized and nuanced. Seattle for instance is going to go out of their way to shit on golf so that they can repurpose the land. Tacoma ain’t going to fuck with Chambers because that place prints money for them. Places like Bend aren’t going to shit on the tourist economy that props up the region.

    I guess intuitively it could be fun to see the government get really nuanced in picking winners and losers in terms of taxes.
    I’m was agreeing with you... There is no upside into fighting this battle, whether it’s just or not. By fighting, you are making golf itself a target for who knows what. I’m describing how golf could actually get cancelled if the mob wanted to do so.

    There’s push in Seattle to turn the city owned public ones into drug shooting zones, but there have also been pushes in Seattle and LA at least to start assessing the private course property values differently. That’s how you would kill them.
    Seattle’s a mess with respect to golf

    They have the ability to leverage land to create their own version of Chambers Bay ... which is desperately needed ... but it’s easier to feed the narrative that golf is elitist and serves the select few.

    I’ve seen first hand how you can make golf fun and enjoyable for non golfers creating relatively easy entry points into the game ... but whatever

    In the end it’s much easier to have class warfare

    I’m not super familiar with the public courses in LA proper but my sense is most of the good courses are private

    The private clubs that are filled with the ultra rich will just laugh at the added taxes ... but on the other end of things, with COVID proving many of us can work from anywhere, cities are going to be walking fine lines about overplaying their hands leading to large population departures
    Seattle is a mess with golf, but given the constrained housing supply, building a top class golf course would just be absurd urban planning at this point. Hopefully the four Seattle munis can survive the current push to become Sawantville, because they really do offer golf to a population that would otherwise have no exposure to it.
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    Fire_Marshall_BillFire_Marshall_Bill Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,965
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    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    1) The PGA should be moved if for no other reason than Trump’s name/presence will take the oxygen and focus from the event

    2) It’s bad business for golf to retain the close ties to Trump particularly given that the sport is already viewed as highly elitist

    3) It’s impossible to be affiliated with Trump after the actions of this week ... the fireworks are coming after he leaves office

    1) You honestly think a year from now his name really is going to matter?

    2) Viewed as elitist? Have you looked at the cost of a decent set of irons? The price of green fees for a decent 18 hole course? (I know I sound poor) Golf is as elitist as it gets. Been that way for over 100 years. That perception will never change.

    3) People that watch and play golf won't change their opinion regardless.
    1) Trump’s effectively trash as a brand going forward whether in business or politics ... there will be a fringe niche that will give him business but that’s it. His golf properties that are public will likely see dramatic revenue reductions forcing a sale. The private clubs will see an exodus of membership as the guilty by association is bad business for the members who have plenty to lose.

    Politically I suspect there will be a number on the right that move more to the center and leave the far right on their own. Either the far right will have to adjust or the moderate left will get so pissed at the socialist arm of the Dems that you’ll get a 2nd spinoff where a merged centrist/moderate party is created with potentially more numbers than each of the polarized extremes.

    2) I’m an avid golfer and I know the cost. I rarely buy anything in terms of balls or clothes at full price. Clubs can be hit or miss in terms of getting on sale vs full price (even at full price I get a full setting and often tax paid for). Plenty of golf deals out there if you know what you’re doing. Lots of programs out there for kids with the First Tee that eliminate some of the “country club” stigma. I grew up playing as much as I could and I promise you I’m far from an elitist. Cost of growing up playing baseball and hockey just as examples are far more expensive than golf. I don’t know the particulars with soccer but that wouldn’t surprise me either.

    3) Not sure what you’re referencing about nothing will change but if you’re suggesting all golfers are Trump supporters that’s a very erroneous assumption
    Golf stereotype is rich white Republicans

    I don't really play (it's been four or five years) so that might have changed a bit, but I doubt it. I think this will piss off a lot of golfers.
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    TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 19,816
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    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    1) The PGA should be moved if for no other reason than Trump’s name/presence will take the oxygen and focus from the event

    2) It’s bad business for golf to retain the close ties to Trump particularly given that the sport is already viewed as highly elitist

    3) It’s impossible to be affiliated with Trump after the actions of this week ... the fireworks are coming after he leaves office

    1) You honestly think a year from now his name really is going to matter?

    2) Viewed as elitist? Have you looked at the cost of a decent set of irons? The price of green fees for a decent 18 hole course? (I know I sound poor) Golf is as elitist as it gets. Been that way for over 100 years. That perception will never change.

    3) People that watch and play golf won't change their opinion regardless.
    1) Trump’s effectively trash as a brand going forward whether in business or politics ... there will be a fringe niche that will give him business but that’s it. His golf properties that are public will likely see dramatic revenue reductions forcing a sale. The private clubs will see an exodus of membership as the guilty by association is bad business for the members who have plenty to lose.

    Politically I suspect there will be a number on the right that move more to the center and leave the far right on their own. Either the far right will have to adjust or the moderate left will get so pissed at the socialist arm of the Dems that you’ll get a 2nd spinoff where a merged centrist/moderate party is created with potentially more numbers than each of the polarized extremes.

    2) I’m an avid golfer and I know the cost. I rarely buy anything in terms of balls or clothes at full price. Clubs can be hit or miss in terms of getting on sale vs full price (even at full price I get a full setting and often tax paid for). Plenty of golf deals out there if you know what you’re doing. Lots of programs out there for kids with the First Tee that eliminate some of the “country club” stigma. I grew up playing as much as I could and I promise you I’m far from an elitist. Cost of growing up playing baseball and hockey just as examples are far more expensive than golf. I don’t know the particulars with soccer but that wouldn’t surprise me either.

    3) Not sure what you’re referencing about nothing will change but if you’re suggesting all golfers are Trump supporters that’s a very erroneous assumption
    Golf stereotype is rich white Republicans

    I don't really play (it's been four or five years) so that might have changed a bit, but I doubt it. I think this will piss off a lot of golfers.
    If that was the case then why do you have so many that play on the West Coast?

    Math and logic is hard
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