Making America Great Again?
Actually we should be satisfied if we could only make a America a better place to live for everyone. I listened to Donald Trump for a lot of years, watched golf tournaments at a resort he bought that have held golf tournaments that were just as entertaining as they are today.
I'm not sure everyone who has voted for Donald Trump would agree on what needs to be done to make America great again and there are certainly things that he has said and done in his most recent campaign that should give folks reason to pause and think before they might ever vote for him to become the president.
Actually running a golf tournament in Miami in March, at a fancy golf course isn't that big a deal. The City of Doral and lots of other businesses all work together to make the tournament a success and give visitors to Miami something fun to do. The tournament is on TV and the advertising for South Florida would be difficult to purchase. Is this the best golf tournament on the PGA Tour? Hardly, it might not even be the best golf tournament in Florida, but the weather is nice and the palm trees are pretty and Miami is still a tourist destination and this is what we do during the "season".
After Mr. Trump's comments about Mexicans, the PGA moved a tournament in California from one of his courses and the same thing should have happened in South Florida but it didn't, probably for reasons of local politics.
Golf tournaments are like circuses or carnivals, here today and gone the next. Golf courses are nice places for folks that have money to play games and own houses on golf courses. They are quiet, pretty and usually gated enclaves, and the walls are to keep others out unless you are cutting the grass or are a server at the country club bar or restaurant or a resident.
Hardly the stuff or the resume to make America great again.
I'm not sure everyone who has voted for Donald Trump would agree on what needs to be done to make America great again and there are certainly things that he has said and done in his most recent campaign that should give folks reason to pause and think before they might ever vote for him to become the president.
Actually running a golf tournament in Miami in March, at a fancy golf course isn't that big a deal. The City of Doral and lots of other businesses all work together to make the tournament a success and give visitors to Miami something fun to do. The tournament is on TV and the advertising for South Florida would be difficult to purchase. Is this the best golf tournament on the PGA Tour? Hardly, it might not even be the best golf tournament in Florida, but the weather is nice and the palm trees are pretty and Miami is still a tourist destination and this is what we do during the "season".
After Mr. Trump's comments about Mexicans, the PGA moved a tournament in California from one of his courses and the same thing should have happened in South Florida but it didn't, probably for reasons of local politics.
Golf tournaments are like circuses or carnivals, here today and gone the next. Golf courses are nice places for folks that have money to play games and own houses on golf courses. They are quiet, pretty and usually gated enclaves, and the walls are to keep others out unless you are cutting the grass or are a server at the country club bar or restaurant or a resident.
Hardly the stuff or the resume to make America great again.
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