Jack Nicklaus Isn’t Happy PGA Championship Was Moved From Donald Trump’s Course

Jack Nicklaus has made it clear that he’s a fan of former president Donald Trump in the past.

Prior to the last presidential election, Nicklaus penned a long letter on why he was planning on turning in his ballot for the controversial republican.

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Get out and vote. I did! pic.twitter.com/IfQb3NeSO3

— Jack Nicklaus (@jacknicklaus) October 29, 2020

Now, Jack Nicklaus is continuing to coach his support for Donald Trump.

This weekend’s PGA Championship was originally scheduled at one of Trump’s course, but after the January 6 riots, the tournament was moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma.

“I like Seth Waugh,” Nicklaus told Fire Pit Collective of the CEO of the PGA Tour. “Seth didn’t need this job. He took the job because he thought he could give the PGA of America some good guidance. And I think he’s doing that. But this move is cancel culture. Donald Trump may be a lot of things, but he loves golf and he loves this country. He’s a student of the game and a formidable figure in the game. What he does in the future in golf will depend on what the cancel culture will allow him to do.”

Despite Jack Nicklaus’s comments, Seth Waugh claimed the PGA Championship decision wasn’t necessarily political.

“Everybody wants to make this a political move, but we got put into a political place that was not of our own making,” Waugh told Fire Pit Collective. “My feeling was we could do existential damage to our brand by staying at Bedminster. If we stayed, the 2022 PGA would be about its ownership. People would think we were making a statement by staying there. I felt like we could do permanent damage to the brand if we stayed. As did the board.”

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