A charity golf tournament organized by an NFL star that seemed canceled because it was planned for former President Donald Trump’s course in Miami will happen after all.
The New York Post reported on Friday that Buffalo Bills safety Jordan Poyer found a new sponsor for his celebrity event after others dropped out over the association with Trump.
Poyer, a one-time All-Pro selection, had explained what happened to the event in a recent Instagram video.
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“I was really excited for this tournament. It was going to be at one of my favorite courses, the Blue Monster at Trump National in Doral. Unfortunately, there have been a numerous amount of teams up north that have pulled out of the tournament,” he said.
“Not just out of the tournament but also wrote emails to a big sponsor that was going to help sponsor my tournament, and that company now … [has] pulled out and decided that they don’t want to take part in my tournament, in which they took part in last year, because of where it’s at, Trump National in Doral.”
Yet on Friday Poyer told Fox News that the tournament will occur as intended, set for July 10 at Trump’s course.
“The great news is that the tournament is going to happen,” he said. “We had the most amount of tremendous support around the country. We had a sponsor — PublicSq — based right out here in Florida … they’re going to sponsor the entire tournament.”
In a statement, Michael Seifert, founder and CEO of PublicSQ, based in West Palm Beach, told The Post, “PublicSq is proud to partner with Jordan Poyer. We’re glad to see he’s standing against the cancel-culture mob that tried to shut down this charity event and we will always support freedom-loving Americans like Jordan whenever there is an opportunity to do so.”
Poyer’s tournament will benefit the Erie County Medical Center Foundation in New York.
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