Tournament Pulled From A Trump Course...

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It's not a major or even a professional event, but perhaps something even worse for the Trump organization's future: a paying customer. The L.A. Galaxy Foundation's annual event at Trump National Los Angeles to benefit the Hispanic Scholarship Fund is no more.

Tom Hoffarth reports in the L.A. Daily News on the lucrative event pulling out of its annual day following Donald Trump's comments about immigrants and his thoughts on the "mealy-mouth joint statement" by the PGA Tour, USGA, PGA of America and LPGA Tour.

It continues an ominous trend of companies and individuals trying to find higher ground as Trump’s tongue continues to tie up his business dealings.

So what’s the next FootJoy to drop?

It might seem like it’s a slam dunk for The PGA of America to yank its Grand Slam of Golf scheduled for October at the Trump estate. Along with it goes the PGA Junior League Golf Championship set as the lead-in event. And then put Trump on notice that they’re about to rethink the 2022 PGA Championship that’s scheduled to be played at his self-named New Jersey course.

The game that values sportsmanship and self-regulation of rules — written or otherwise — still can’t put the pencil to the scorecard until it fully gauges how its sponsors will react. That’s just how business, and life, really works.