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Why the PGA made the right decision in stripping Trump of 2022 major

One of the finest elements of the Ryder Cup is the foursomes competition, where a team of two players shares one ball, alternating shots as they go. The format forces players to rethink their entire approach to the game because a bad player can easily drag a good one down.

President Donald Trump and the PGA of America have been paired up in a kind of foursome competition of their own for the last six years, and for most of that time, the PGA has been cleaning up Trump’s wayward shots. Sunday night, the PGA decided it had seen enough of this particular partnership, stripping Trump National in New Jersey of the 2022 PGA Championship in the wake of deadly riots spurred by Trump supporters at the U.