On Monday, December 14, 2015 at 8:27:15 PM UTC-5, Bob Jersey wrote: > > > Over two years ago, Ol' Comb-Over stuck his surname onto one of golf's > Scottish shrines, Turnberry. > > Prior to that, the course hosted four Open Championships, the last in 2009. > > But, his recent anti-Mexican and anti-Muslim statements have turned off > the sport's caretakers, the R&A, to the point where they've removed Trump > Turnberry at least from a shot at the 2020 Open, if not other events. > > Don's already un-endeared himself to enough of the Middle East > powers-that-be, after a Dubai firm dropped his moniker from a golf resort > in which they had been partnered with him. > > The Independent > <http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/donald-trumps-turnberry-golf-club-to-no-longer-host-the-open-tournament-amid-anger-over-a6771086.html> > > (UK) (link) > > B > > "A golf course owned by Donald Trump is no longer being considered to host a major golf tournament due to remarks that Trump has made about Mexicans and Muslims. You know there's a problem when your views on race are too extreme for a private golf club." - Conan O'Brien, 12/14/2015
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