Donald Trump continues to push golf into a corner | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

In firing president Ted Bishop over a Tweet in 2014, the PGA of America announced “We must demand of ourselves that we make golf both welcoming and inclusive to all who want to experience it, and everyone at the PGA of America must lead by example.”

That same year, USGA head Thomas O’Toole stated the “spirit of building an inclusive and more welcoming game worldwide has become pervasive across many of our core functions beyond our championships,” at the organization’s annual meeting. These sentiments were copy-and-pasted by the PGA Tour this summer in condemning Indiana’s controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Clearly, creating a socially conscious and accommodating setting is at the forefront of American golf.

A tenet that’s at odds with the campaign of Donald Trump.

In the five months since Trump announced his presidential ambitions, the real estate magnate has made contentious remarks towards Muslims, Mexicans, Asians, African-Africans, Jews, Seventh-day …