Billionaire Donald Trump sealed the deal for a major golf championship to be held at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. The official announcement for the PGA Championship happened on May 1 at the Trump Tower, Manhattan in New York City, in a report by NJ.com.
It was announced that the 2016 PGA Championship will again be at Baltursol Golf Club in Springfield, while the 2019 will be at the Black Course at Bethpage State Park. The PGA Championship at Trump National in Bedminster will be in 2022.
The announcement made by Ted Bishop, president of PGA of America, also confirmed that the 2017 Senior PGA Championship will be held at Trump National Golf Club in Washington, D.C.
Trump shared how big of a milestone this is in his golf course development profession, to have landed one of four major championships in the men's division.
He said in a report by Golf.com, "Certainly when you have courses, when you get acknowledge to have one of the majors... having the PGA is a very, very big deal. So it's very important to me. It's a great honor for me and it's a tremendous honor for both of those clubs."
Trump has his name on 17 various golf courses around the globe. He continued to improve the courses to make it worth playing a major tournament in and he finally earned his dues. The real estate mogul started in golf course development with the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Some of the factors that Trump intended to rate excellently included full memberships, high ratings among golf course critics and hosting huge championships. Since he started in 1999, Trump International finally earned its place. The courses in Bedminster and West Palm Beach were rated among the Top 100 Courses in America.
According to SB Nation, Bishop is known for making changes in the PGA of America, which can explain why Trump finally got the go signal to host a major event in the sport.
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