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PGA Tour responds to Georgia voting law, not moving Tour Championship
ESPN ^ | April 4, 2021 | BOB HARIG

Posted on 04/04/2021 6:38:07 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The PGA Tour and the PGA of America on Saturday each issued statements in response to Georgia's controversial new voting laws, with the Tour saying it will not move its season-ending event to be played in the state in August.

The Masters Tournament, which begins this week at Augusta National Golf Club, is expected to address the matter Wednesday when chairman Fred Ridley holds his annual pretournament news conference.

The PGA Tour's season-ending FedEx Cup playoff event, the Tour Championship, is played annually at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. The PGA of America runs the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, scheduled for June at Atlanta Athletic Club.

Citing its financial commitment to the local community and various charities, the PGA Tour said it would not move the Tour Championship.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: georgia; pga; tourchampionship; votinglaw
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1 posted on 04/04/2021 6:38:07 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

Stalingrad for Woketopia?


2 posted on 04/04/2021 6:38:50 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

I’d prefer it be a Nagasaki, but we take what we can get.

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3 posted on 04/04/2021 6:40:09 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. , )
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To: Mr. Mojo

Ahh, memories of when the PGA turned Shoal Creek into Soul Creek.

Professional sports need to be brought down a few pegs. Not a new development. All of them. Looks like golf will hold the line here ... sort of.


4 posted on 04/04/2021 6:42:56 AM PDT by cdcdawg (WTF is "Jim Eagle?")
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To: Travis McGee

Georgia “Governor-in-her-own-mind,” Stacey Abrams has cost Georgians, MLB, MLB vendors and charities and local merchants a lot of money.

To raise more money for her (cough) non-profit, and in between eating extra-cheese pizzas, she
has said things about Georgia’s new voter integrity law that are off-the-wall, and have no basis in truth.

So I guess the “Big Gulper” wont be voting anytime soon....rotflol.


5 posted on 04/04/2021 6:44:22 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: Mr. Mojo

I love golf but I stopped watching after they moved the tournament off the Trump course. I don’t care which sanctioning body did it, the fact is not one golfer stood up in opposition.


6 posted on 04/04/2021 6:47:14 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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The cowardly "woke" MLB is moving the All-Star game out of Atlanta....... thanks to (a) Stacey "Big Gulp" Abrams, (b) the alleged president Biden, and (c) woke media mobs.

The results of our "betters" (Democrats) being either stupid or liars. .

Oh wait......for sure Democraps are both stupid and liars.....but we musn't forget our best "betters," the sap-happy, power-mongering-type Democraps.

7 posted on 04/04/2021 6:47:43 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: cdcdawg

I was watching college baseball on television on Friday night (no more MLB) and they were running commercials for the Masters that showed historic clips with the song “Georgia on My Mind” playing in the background. I am sure some liberal heads were exploding.


8 posted on 04/04/2021 6:50:16 AM PDT by Atticus
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To: Mr. Mojo

Golf is my new favorite sport.


9 posted on 04/04/2021 6:50:18 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: Mr. Mojo

You bastards better be damn careful and “addressing “issues

Why not address voter fraud?


10 posted on 04/04/2021 6:52:11 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (#LeaveTheGOP. Pass it on Liberty Valance Time. The point of a gun is the only law they understan)
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Wow...the PGA more balls than the NFL and MLB.

I’ll round out my boxing and UFC with some Golf now.

I always watch the Major Tournaments, now I’ll tick it up a notch.


11 posted on 04/04/2021 6:52:31 AM PDT by rbmillerjr
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To: Mr. Mojo

Why should the people running the Masters be expected to comment on GA election law? The proper response is to say nothing, and if asked, say we don’t get involved in politics unless they affect golf.


12 posted on 04/04/2021 6:53:00 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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College baseball is very underrated. The Masters triggers liberals just by existing. The name alone is problematic for them.


13 posted on 04/04/2021 6:53:42 AM PDT by cdcdawg (WTF is "Jim Eagle?")
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Here's how Texas handled misguided corporate wokism.


14 posted on 04/04/2021 6:54:22 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: Travis McGee

“Stalingrad for Woketopia?”

All they have to do is dig in. Look at Cuomo and Northam. They aren’t going anywhere. The mob is vicious, but it has a short attention span.


15 posted on 04/04/2021 6:57:52 AM PDT by beef (The Chinese have a little secret—diversity is _not_ a strength.)
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To: Liz

Fatso will be effected about as much as was Absent a Cortex (AOC) was since their following is a bunch of brain dead marxist followers. The gimme dat culture moves forward. See, when the object is avoiding any kind of work, promoting activities that support business is out of fashion. Recall that AOC ran off Amazon from her unemployed welfare based voting area. Jobs, who wants jobs? We want make a statement but make sure the checks keep coming. In fact, no more checks, they just put the money on their various payment cards. Why have to go to the bank to cash a check, to much trouble. Just like going to vote is too much trouble even with virtual full year day and night time voting now.


16 posted on 04/04/2021 6:59:43 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: rbmillerjr

The response given by the PGA as stated in the article is open ended “they are monitoring the situation”....I golf at a small local course here in Louisiana,ardent Trump (America first) supporters. I can easily go through the rest of my days without viewing or supporting ANY sports that choose to get political rather than concentrating on their game. Speak with your wallet and time viewing as it correlates directly to their income.


17 posted on 04/04/2021 7:03:14 AM PDT by mythenjoseph
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To: bramps
I recall that. Sent me over the top and I stopped following golf at that point. I guess they got an ear full so this is a partial retracement. Their actions against Trump, a big supporter of golf, was BS.

The fact that not one of their members said a word against this really incensed me given some of them played an occasional round with Trump.

18 posted on 04/04/2021 7:07:49 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: FreedomPoster

I don’t understand why they don’t understand just that.


19 posted on 04/04/2021 7:08:03 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Mr. Mojo

with the Tour saying it will not move its season-ending event to be played in the state in August.

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Well, that’s better than Trump got, they yanked their tournament from his club long ago. I still won’t watch, golf is about as entertaining as watching paint dry.


20 posted on 04/04/2021 7:15:09 AM PDT by Paleo Pete (Daffy Duck for President would be a vast improvement over biden.)
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