PGA TOUR Statement on holding the Championship in Atlanta, Georgia
From Golf Digest:
The PGA Tour will continue to hold the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta this September, it said in a statement released late Friday. The announcement comes after the Georgia State Legislature passed controversial new voting regulations last week that prompted Major League Baseball to decide to move its All-Star Game from Atlanta this summer.
In the release, the tour cited the commitment that the event has made to investing in the local East Lake community and the charitable dollars the tournament has raised to help “transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy and thriving ones, which is a key to ending the cycle of intergenerational poverty.”
The tour also stated: “Our intention to stage an event in a particular market should not be construed as indifference to the current national conversation around voting rights." Read more here
Golf Digest include the complete statement by the PGA TOUR on that page.
Excerpt:
At the heart of the PGA TOUR’s charitable mission is a commitment to serving and supporting communities where we play, across the country and around the world. In Georgia, this commitment has resulted in more than $38 million generated for local charitable organizations since the TOUR Championship—our season-ending event—moved to Atlanta in 1998. The TOUR Championship’s commitment to East Lake has helped our partners transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy and thriving ones, which is a key to ending the cycle of intergenerational poverty. Full Statement and more at this link
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