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The Miami Heat will move its charity golf tournament away from President Trump's course
This is not really news of national importance.
NEW: @miamiheat will move their charity golf tournament away from @realdonaldtrump's Doral course, after 4 yrs there
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The Miami Heat will move its charity golf tournament away from President Trump’s course
By David A. Fahrenthold October 17 at 1:20 PM
The Miami Heat basketball team, which has held a charity golf tournament at President Trump's Doral golf course for four straight years, will shift that tournament to another course in 2018, a team spokesman said. ... The spokesman declined to give a reason for the change. “We're not getting into it,” the spokesman said. He declined to be quoted by name.
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And at least seven sports teams held golf tournaments at Trump clubs. Now, at least five of those teams have decided not to return. They are baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, basketball's Los Angeles Clippers, hockey's New York Rangers, soccer's L.A. Galaxy, and now the Heat. Of those, only the Galaxy was explicit that it left Trump's course to avoid an association with Trump's politics. The Dodgers and Rangers blamed nonpolitical factors. The Heat and Clippers haven't said why they left.
The remaining team is the Philadelphia Flyers, which has held a fundraiser tournament for their Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation for five years at Trump's course in southern New Jersey. The Flyers considered moving their 2017 tournament away from Trump's property after the president said there were “fine people” among those protesting to keep a Confederate general's statue during turmoil in Charlottesville.
The Washington Redskins have also held a tournament for luxury-suite owners at Trump's golf course in Northern Virginia. The most recent one was in the summer, according to a team social media posting. A Redskins spokesman did not respond to a query asking whether the team had decided to hold the tournament at a Trump course again in 2018.
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David A. Fahrenthold is a reporter covering the Trump family and their business interests. He has been at the Post since 2000, and previously covered Congress, the federal bureaucracy, the environment, and the D.C. police. Follow @Fahrenthold
By David A. Fahrenthold October 17 at 1:20 PM
The Miami Heat basketball team, which has held a charity golf tournament at President Trump's Doral golf course for four straight years, will shift that tournament to another course in 2018, a team spokesman said. ... The spokesman declined to give a reason for the change. “We're not getting into it,” the spokesman said. He declined to be quoted by name.
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And at least seven sports teams held golf tournaments at Trump clubs. Now, at least five of those teams have decided not to return. They are baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, basketball's Los Angeles Clippers, hockey's New York Rangers, soccer's L.A. Galaxy, and now the Heat. Of those, only the Galaxy was explicit that it left Trump's course to avoid an association with Trump's politics. The Dodgers and Rangers blamed nonpolitical factors. The Heat and Clippers haven't said why they left.
The remaining team is the Philadelphia Flyers, which has held a fundraiser tournament for their Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation for five years at Trump's course in southern New Jersey. The Flyers considered moving their 2017 tournament away from Trump's property after the president said there were “fine people” among those protesting to keep a Confederate general's statue during turmoil in Charlottesville.
The Washington Redskins have also held a tournament for luxury-suite owners at Trump's golf course in Northern Virginia. The most recent one was in the summer, according to a team social media posting. A Redskins spokesman did not respond to a query asking whether the team had decided to hold the tournament at a Trump course again in 2018.
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David A. Fahrenthold is a reporter covering the Trump family and their business interests. He has been at the Post since 2000, and previously covered Congress, the federal bureaucracy, the environment, and the D.C. police. Follow @Fahrenthold
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