PGA = Professional Golfers' Association of America announced on the 25th that it will change the venue of next year's PGA Championship from the course owned by former President Trump to another course in response to the invasion of the Capitol in the capital Washington Did.
At the Capitol Building in Washington, the capital of the United States, supporters of former President Donald Trump, who became a mob in response to the election results, rushed in and caused casualties on the 6th of this month.
In response, PGA will take the venue for one of next year's major tournaments, the PGA Championship, from a course in eastern New Jersey owned by an affiliate of former President Trump to "Southern Hills Country" in southern Oklahoma on the 25th. Announced that it will be changed to "Club".
It is unusual to terminate the contract with the venue that has already been decided and change it, and PGA explained the reason for the change, "To hold the tournament at the venue owned by Mr. Trump as it is will hurt the PGA brand and will open the business. It is clear that it will be a risk in implementing it. "