When the PGA Tour moved the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship from Dove Mountain — it is now in Austin, Texas — it was because Accenture stopped sponsoring golf tournaments. Initially, I thought it was because Tucson wasn’t “big time” enough to stage one of the world’s leading golf events. But when the PGA Tour last week moved the WGC-Cadillac Championship from Donald Trump’s Florida course, Doral, it offered a similar reason. Cadillac left as a sponsor. The PGA Tour found a new sponsor in Mexico City, and now the Doral event, part of the PGA Tour since 1962, is without a tournament. In pro golf, follow the money, not the tradition.
PGA Tour follows money, not tradition
FILE - In this March 6, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, congratulates Adam Scott, right, after Scott won the Cadillac Championship golf tournament in Doral, Fla. Donald Trump is losing business to Mexico, a prestigious golf tournament at his resort at Doral. The tournament chairman of the former Cadillac Championship, one of the four World Golf Championships that attract the best players in the world, said the PGA Tour has informed him the event is leaving next year for Mexico City. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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