los angeles the pga of america pulled the 2022 pga championship from the trump national at bedminster course in new jersey on sunday days after supporters of president donald trump attacked the us capitolthe pga of america board of directors voted tonight to exercise the right to terminate the agreement to play the 2022 pga championship at trump bedminster pga of america president jim richerson said in a statement posted on twitterit has become clear that conducting the pga championship at trump bedminster would be detrimental to the pga of america brand and would put at risk the pgas ability to deliver our many programs and sustain the longevity of our mission richerson added in a video posted on the organizations websitethe announcement on the fate of one of the four major championships in golf follows increased calls in the golf world for leaders of the sport to distance themselves from trumpgolfweek in a scathing column urging the game to sever ties with the president said the pga of america had been debating for two years whether to move the organizations flagship event but had been nervous about antagonizing a famously vindictive mantrump who lost the 2020 presidential election in november to democratic rival joe biden could face a historic second impeachment before bidens january 20 inauguration amid continued fury over the storming of the capitol on wednesday by angry trump supporters that left five people deadtrumps repeated false claims of election fraud and his incendiary address to protesters prior to the attack on the capitol have prompted critics to call for his resignation his impeachment or his removal from office as unfit under the constitutions 25th amendmenttrump is an avid fan and player of golf making numerous trips to play at bedminster during his presidencygolf greats gary player and annika sorenstam came in for criticism when they accepted the presidential medal of freedom from trump on thursday a day after the chaos in washingtongolf digest while noting that 15time major champion tiger woods had also accepted the honor from trump in may called it a tone deaf gesture in an editorial calling for the sport to distance itself from trumptrumps divisive rhetoric had long posed a problem for a game he has been identified withthe us golf association resisted calls to move the 2017 us womens open from trump national at bedminster following comments on women made by trump during his election campaignin 2016 the pga tour announced it was moving the 2017 world golf championship to mexico from its home at trumps famed doral course in miamithe tour insisted at the time the decision was not related to trumps politics but admitted attracting a sponsor for the tournament had been challengingdonald trump is a brand a big brand and when youre asking a company to invest millions of dollars in branding a tournament and theyre going to share that brand with the host its a difficult decision pga tour commissioner tim finchem said at the timein