Trump awarded first Major with 2022 US PGA Championship
ByReuters
Updated 02/05/2014 at 01:19 GMT
Two days after acquiring the iconic Open venue Turnberry, American billionaire Donald Trump was awarded his first Major with the announcement of the site of the 2022 US PGA Championship.
Donald Trump (C), Pete Bevacqua (L) CEO of PGA of America and Ted Bishop, president of PGA of America at the announcement that New Jersey's Trump National Golf Club will host the 2022 US PGA Championship (Reuters)
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The last of the year's four Majors, the US PGA Championship will be staged at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey in 2022, the PGA of America said.
"When you get acknowledged to have one of the Majors, any one of the Majors, but having the PGA is a very, very big deal," Trump said. "It's very important to me.
"Many of you know the tremendous success we've had at Trump National Bedminster. It's a special place, it's a special location and I have no doubt that it will be one of your great championships. It's an honour that we are working together."
Trump National in Bedminster joins an impressive list of future US PGA Championship venues, with this year's edition to be played at Valhalla Golf Club Louisville, Kentucky.
The 2015 US PGA Championship will be held at Whistling Straits with Baltusrol following in 2016, Quail Hollow Club (2017), Bellerive Country Club (2018) and Bethpage Black (2019).
The 2020 and 2021 venues have yet to be decided.
Trump on Tuesday announced that he had bought the famous links course of Turnberry in Scotland for an undisclosed sum from the Dubai-based Leisurecorp.
The course has hosted The Open four times, most recently in 2009, and is likely to be considered for future Majors.
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