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The shoes keep on dropping for Donald Trump.

On Tuesday, the PGA of America announced it will be moving its Grand Slam of Golf, a silly-season event featuring the major championship winners from the year, from Trump National Los Angeles.

"The PGA of America met with Donald J. Trump yesterday and the parties mutually agreed that it is in the best interest of all not to conduct the 2015 PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Trump National Los Angeles," said the association in a released statement. "The PGA of America is in the process of exploring options, including a venue for its annual PGA Junior League Golf Championship, and will comment further at the appropriate time."

Trump has come under fire for remarks he made about Mexican immigrants while announcing his 2016 Presidential bid. Since then, NBCUniversal, Univision, Macy's, NASCAR and ESPN have severed ties with Trump or canceled events at facilities he owns. 

In the wake of the initial fallout from Trump's comments, the real-estate developer told Golf Channel that golf "knows [he's] right," suggesting they back his political view. The PGA of America, PGA Tour, USGA and LPGA -- all of which have events scheduled on Trump-owned properties as soon as the end of July -- released a statement saying Trump's views did not reflect theirs. 

Now the question is if the International Federation of PGA Tours, which owns the WGC-Cadillac Championship played at Trump's Doral resort in Florida, and the PGA Tour, which runs the Puerto Rico Open played at his property on the island commonwealth, will move their events for the 2015-16 season.

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