The PGA is absolutely correct.

In a press conference Phil Mickelson stated he understood the death of Jamal Khashoggi (click here), but, he was a golfer and this is golf. My understanding is that Mickelson was bought for $125 million before he even begins his first round.

And Jamal Khashoggi was just a journalist. His death was heinous. Absolutely, heinous.

The questionably professional golfers in Saudi Arabia have no moral compass as they are bought by so it can brag they have the best of the best at their golf tournament. 

The PGA is absolutely right. It is not going to lend it's prestige or decades long reputation to a golf outing in a country that has chronic human rights abuses.

The PGA now has a new fresh slate of other golfers that will go forward to find their footing and provide some of the best golf on Earth.