Thursday, June 02, 2016

PGA Tour and Diversity

With the news that the PGA is moving its tournament out of Donald Trump's Doral golf course to...Mexico of all places, is now a good time to talk about the lack of diversity among PGA tour players?

Clearly the move to Mexico is not just a dig at Trump but a giant F.U. There aren't any other US courses that could or would host such an esteemed event. Um, how about Aronomink outside Philadelphia - The largest city without a regular tour event. And they just happened to wind up in Mexico City?

The whole decision is reportedly being prompted by Cadillac pulling out as the sponsor. The unspoken but presumption is that Cadillac didn't want to be associated with Trump. But the bigger question is why Cadillac was ok being associated with an event and an organization with a shocking lack of racial diversity. Or why the PGA is more interested in moving an event to Mexico but isn't as concerned about diversifying its tour roster.