Three Democratic senators have called for the USGA to move next year's US Women’s Open away from a Donald Trump owned golf course.
Three democratic senators have called for the USGA to move next year's US Women’s Open away from a Donald Trump owned golf course.
The letter, written by Robert Casey, Richard Blumenthal and Edward Markey, highlights the LPGA’s proud history of advancing women’s equality and consequently stresses the incompatibility of staging the event at Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey. The call comes after the Republican presidential nominee was seen bragging about sexually assaulting women in a leaked video filmed in 2005.
The letter said: “This is about more than one video: it’s about a pattern of degrading and dehumanizing women that has occurred over decades,” the senators said.
“Given the historic role that the LPGA has played in advancing the rights of women, and the severity of Mr. Trump’s words and actions over many years, we would encourage you to move the 2017 tournament to a course that isn’t associated with Mr. Trump.”
Earlier this year the USGA announced that they would be moving the World Golf Championship away from its traditional home at the Trump owned Doral to a course in Mexico City.
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