Africa-Press – Botswana. The news comes after a failed attempt by New York City, through Mayor Bill de Blasio, to try to cancel the golf course contract with the former President of the United States of America in April.
Donald Trump’s golf course, in the Bronx neighborhood of New York, will host a women’s tournament in Saudi Arabia in October, drawing criticism from human rights organizations and family members of the victims of the attack on the Twin Towers.
According to ABC News, the Trump Golf Links golf course in New York is scheduled to host one of the events of the Aramco Team Series, a tournament that the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund has been funding since 2020.
The news comes after a failed attempt by New York City, through Mayor Bill de Blasio, to try to cancel the golf course contract with Donald Trump in April.
De Blasio said shortly after the attack on the Capitol by supporters of the former US president in January 2021 that the city would seek to cancel the contract and various concessions agreed with Trump’s brands.
For the Democratic mayor, the city – from which Donald Trump is a native, despite the fact that he lives in Florida – has the right to terminate contracts with people and leaders who incite violence and an insurrection.
A court dismissed the complaint, saying there was no legal basis – not least because, officially, Trump has not yet been charged or tried for inciting insurrection, despite parliamentary committees in Congress having demonstrated his enormous influence in the organization and severity of the attack.
The event is funded by the Saudi government, with which Donald Trump developed a strong connection during his term (a relationship that led Trump to devalue the death of an American journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, by the Saudi authorities).
As for golf, the former US leader’s interest in the sport is well known, with many critics during his time in the White House pointing to Trump’s time spent on the green.
The cooperation between a property owned by Trump and the Government of Saudi Arabia prompted criticism from associations of family members of victims of 9/11, an attack that, they point out, bears some responsibility on the part of Saudi Arabia.
On social media, questions also arose about Saudi Arabia’s legitimacy in promoting a women’s tournament, given the enormous limits that country imposes on physical activity by women and their rights in general.
The event also comes at a time when another property with golf courses, the Mar-a-Lago resort, is shrouded in another controversy, around the investigation and searches of the former president’s house due to secret documents that Trump will have brought. with you from the White House.
What is the Aramco Team Series?
The Aramco Team Series is a tournament in which the world’s best golfers team up with amateurs to compete for a million dollar prize.
Using a unique draft system, the captains of each team choose a teammate from another professional lineup, before receiving a third through a random draw. Thus, in each team, there will be an amateur golfer. In addition to competing for the team trophy, professionals also competed for an individual title, offering points in the Rolex Ranking and Solheim Cup.
The Aramco Team Series was first played last year when it was added to the Ladies European Tour. The games took place in Bangkok and London and Sotogrande. This time the tournament extends to New York and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Alison Lee is the reigning champion after winning the Sotogrande event in 2021.
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