当他面临总统任期的孤独终结时，唐纳德·特朗普周日晚上得知，继上周的骚乱在美国国会大厦，他失去了他最珍视的一种关系:他与职业高尔夫球协会的伙伴关系。
尽管这位四面楚歌的总统一直在努力保住自己的政治生涯，但高尔夫四大锦标赛之一的所有者美国职业高尔夫球协会(PGA of America)宣布，计划将其2022年PGA锦标赛从新泽西州贝德明斯特的特朗普国家高尔夫俱乐部(Trump National Golf Club)移走。
美国职业高尔夫球协会(PGA)主席吉姆·里查森(Jim Richerson)在一份声明中表示:“美国职业高尔夫球协会(PGA)董事会今晚投票决定行使终止在特朗普贝德明斯特举行2022年职业高尔夫球协会(PGA)锦标赛的协议的权利。”
特朗普组织的一名发言人表示:“我们与美国职业高尔夫球协会有着美好的伙伴关系，对他们的决定感到非常失望。”“这违反了具有约束力的合同，他们无权终止协议。作为一个组织，我们已经在贝德明斯特特朗普国家高尔夫俱乐部的2022年PGA锦标赛上投资了数百万美元。我们将继续在各个层面推广高尔夫运动，并继续专注于运营世界上最好的高尔夫球场。”
特朗普是一个狂热的高尔夫球手，特朗普组织在世界各地拥有或经营着17个高尔夫球场，另外三个预计将在迪拜和印度尼西亚开设。特朗普在就职前告诉他的支持者，他“将为你工作”，所以他“没有时间打高尔夫”——但他在白宫的整个任期内都把政治和高尔夫混在一起。
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2020年10月2日星期五，高尔夫球手在新泽西州贝德明斯特的特朗普国家高尔夫俱乐部打高尔夫球
根据特朗普高尔夫计数一个追踪特朗普总统高尔夫郊游的网站，特朗普在总统任期内日间参观了大约300次高尔夫俱乐部，启动它与世界领导人、政治盟友、企业高管、保守派媒体人士和职业运动员一起。
特朗普将美国最高的平民荣誉——总统自由勋章授予了四名获得勋章的高尔夫球手:老虎伍兹贝比·迪德里克森·扎哈里亚斯、格雷·普雷尔和安妮卡·索伦斯塔姆。
有时，特朗普似乎利用其办公室的权力来造福他的全球高尔夫事业，最明显的是当特朗普据报道指示美国驻英国大使伍迪·约翰逊(Woody Johnson)要求英国政府帮助确保苏格兰特朗普·特恩贝里度假村未来的英国公开赛。特朗普第二天否认了这份报告，他说，“不，我从未和伍迪·约翰逊谈论过特恩贝里。”
截至周日，2022年PGA锦标赛是特朗普组织名单上唯一即将举行的锦标赛网站因此，美国职业高尔夫球协会的决定似乎切断了他与高尔夫球界仅存的联系，实际上是将他和他的球场从享有盛誉、利润丰厚的职业高尔夫球界驱逐出去。
2016年，高尔夫职业巡回赛PGA Tour提前结束了在佛罗里达州迈阿密特朗普国家多拉尔度假村举办世界高尔夫锦标赛的协议，此前当时的候选人特朗普在竞选活动中发表了对墨西哥移民的轻蔑言论，并将活动转移到墨西哥城。
In blow to Trump, golf’s PGA strips major championship from Trump-owned course
As he faces a lonely end to his presidency,Donald Trumplearned Sunday evening that, in the wake of last week'sriotat the U.S. Capitol, he has lost one of the relationships he values most: his partnership with the Professional Golfers' Association.
While the embattled president has been hunkered down to try and preserve his political career, the PGA of America, the proprietors of one of golf's four major championship tournaments, announced that it plans to move its 2022 PGA Championship away from Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.
"The PGA of America Board of Directors voted tonight to exercise the right to terminate the agreement to play the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump Bedminster," said Jim Richerson, PGA of America president, in a statement.
"We have had a beautiful partnership with the PGA of America and are incredibly disappointed with their decision," said a spokesperson for The Trump Organization. "This is a breach of a binding contract and they have no right to terminate the agreement. As an organization we have invested many, many millions of dollars in the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster. We will continue to promote the game of golf on every level and remain focused on operating the finest golf courses anywhere in the world."
Trump is an avid golfer, and the Trump Organization owns or operates 17 golf courses around the world, with three more expected to open in Dubai and Indonesia. Before he took office, Trump told his supporters that he was "going to be working for you," so he was "not going to have time to play golf" -- but he has mixed politics with golf throughout his tenure in the White House.
According toTrump Golf Count, a website that tracks President Trump's golf outings, Trump has made about 300 daytime visits to golf clubs during his presidency,teeing it upwith world leaders, political allies, business executives, conservative media personalities and professional athletes.
Trump has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to a quartet of decorated golfers:Tiger Woods, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Gary Player and Annika Sorenstam.
And, at times, Trump has appeared to use the power of his office to benefit his global golf business, most notably when Trumpreportedlydirected the American ambassador to Britain, Woody Johnson, to ask the British government to help secure a future British Open for the Trump Turnberry resort in Scotland. Trump denied the report the next day, saying, "No, I never spoke to Woody Johnson about Turnberry."
As of Sunday, the 2022 PGA Championship was the only upcoming tournament listed on the Trump Organization'swebsite, so the PGA of America's decision appears to sever his last remaining ties to the golfing establishment, effectively exiling him and his courses from the prestigious and lucrative world of professional golf.
In 2016, the PGA Tour, golf's professional circuit, prematurely ended an agreement to stage a World Golf Championship event at Trump National Doral resort in Miami, Fla., after then-candidate Trump made disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants on the campaign trail, and moved the event to Mexico City.
