Should Golf Dump Donald Trump?

The Donald will tell you,

"I am BIGGER than golf!"

I await the formation of the DTGA.

He needs to go back on his meds, and if he doesn't have any, then bring in the guys with the strait jackets as the Donald sings...

They're coming to take me away Ha Ha

They're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha

to Trump National where life is beautiful all the time, and

I'll be happy to see those nice young caddies in their clean white knickers

reading manicured bent grass greens for my pure putting pleasure

You thought I was a joke and so you laughed, you laughed when I had said that the poor should be maintaining my greens, not playing them ... they can't afford my green fees. You know you laughed, I heard you laugh,

You laughed, you laughed and laughed and then you left,

But now you know I'm utterly mad.

They're coming to take me away!

I'm not sure that the PGA Tour not holding a tournament at one of his courses equates to "golf dumping Donald Trump". He's a powerful, wealthy businessman and he can, and will, continue to have a significant impact on golf through his interest in course acquisition, design, and construction, whether anyone likes it or not if he chooses to do so.

I also think that even though I don't particularly care for some of what he says, and his own brand of arrogance, he, his money, and his love of the game is good for golf. Just as I think that for all his foibles, Tiger is good for golf too.

I'm not sure that the PGA Tour not holding a tournament at one of his courses equates to "golf dumping Donald Trump". He's a powerful, wealthy businessman and he can, and will, continue to have a significant impact on golf through his interest in course acquisition, design, and construction, whether anyone likes it or not if he chooses to do so.

I also think that even though I don't particularly care for some of what he says, and his own brand of arrogance, he, his money, and his love of the game is good for golf. Just as I think that for all his foibles, Tiger is good for golf too.

I'm not sure that the PGA Tour not holding a tournament at one of his courses equates to "golf dumping Donald Trump". He's a powerful, wealthy businessman and he can, and will, continue to have a significant impact on golf through his interest in course acquisition, design, and construction, whether anyone likes it or not if he chooses to do so.

I also think that even though I don't particularly care for some of what he says, and his own brand of arrogance, he, his money, and his love of the game is good for golf. Just as I think that for all his foibles, Tiger is good for golf too.

No, but it is a strong start. Wouldn't you say? If he chooses to do so? Yes, but choices of others will matter as much. Try clapping with one hand. Exactly what DT keeps telling us whenever he gets access to the mike, as if golf NEEDS him. A stretch IMO, a huge stretch. May be the other way around. People with good business sense or sense in general may not want to hang him forever but certainly would know not to associate with this mess. The polarity is so extreme that there is no way to associate with him and not be looked at as not residing in the same realm of thought process. DT does not have monopoly. There are options. Certainly no lack of courses or resorts around.

"Golf" is so big, that even the PGA Tour is a relative drop in the bucket in terms of how much influence they can actually have on The Donald's participation in the myriad opportunities that exist under the "golf" umbrella. Does golf "need" him? Of course not. Golf doesn't "need" Tiger either. But golf benefits from them both, even though they're both polarizing.

Fair point and I concede that there should not be a finality because of what one says and thinks. What someone DOES has far greater impact. I believe in time people will forgive. But as of now, he will simply burn whatever individual entity he touches, PGA or whoever. Golf as a whole is still a sum of its entities, entities who recognize this for protecting a very core set of beliefs, which affects all they do. They will and should stay away from him at least till the wind changes directions, whenever that is.

No doubt, he has the legal right to make whatever buffoonish statements he chooses to make, and he should face no LEGAL prosecution for them.  Similarly, they should not be a legal basis to deny him his right to run for office.  However, we all have the right to choose to associate (or not) with someone.  Our choice of association reflects upon each of us, and the actions of our friends reflect on us as well as on them.  To me, continued association with anyone who makes similar statements, as loudly and unapologetically as Donald has made his, would reflect poorly on the PGA.   I believe the PGA should make their choice NOT to associate with him for the forseeable future.

There are a lot of people who like and support Trump, and even agree with many of his statements that others find distasteful. Personal opinions of his statements aside, the fact that someone is polarizing doesn't necessarily mean that he has a net bad impact to the game.

No doubt, he has the legal right to make whatever buffoonish statements he chooses to make, and he should face no LEGAL prosecution for them.  Similarly, they should not be a legal basis to deny him his right to run for office.  However, we all have the right to choose to associate (or not) with someone.  Our choice of association reflects upon each of us, and the actions of our friends reflect on us as well as on them.  To me, continued association with anyone who makes similar statements, as loudly and unapologetically as Donald has made his, would reflect poorly on the PGA.   I believe the PGA should make their choice NOT to associate with him for the forseeable future.