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2022 PGA Championship to Be Moved from Trump National After US Capitol Breach

The 2022 PGA Championship will no longer be held at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

PGA of America President Jim Richerson issued a statement Sunday about the board of directors voting to move the event.

"The PGA of America Board of Directors voted tonight to exercise the right to terminate the agreement to play the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump Bedminster," he said.

In a phone interview with Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press, PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh said the vote to terminate was made as a result of the events Wednesday when a pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol:

"We find ourselves in a political situation not of our making.