At the European Tour's annual gala dinner ahead of
its flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship in England, Garcia
responded to a question asking if he would have dinner with Tiger Woods
at next month's U.S. Open at Merion.
His reply, according to The Guardian: "We will have him round every night. We will serve fried chicken."
The comment can only be construed as racially charged, particularly if one harkens back to remarks made by Fuzzy Zoeller
in 1997 after Tiger Woods won the Masters. Zoeller, the 1979 Masters
winner, was asked about Woods' record-setting performance and injected
several racial undertones – not to mention some overtones – into his
response.
"That little boy is driving well and he's putting well," Zoeller
said. "He's doing everything it takes to win. So, you know what you guys
do when he gets in here? You pat him on the back and say
congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not serve fried chicken next
year. Got it? ... or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve."That comment haunts Zoeller to this day. It's one he regrets. He should.
Garcia will likely regret these comments. They are inappropriate and uncalled for under any circumstance. They're not justified. It's not merely an escalation in the exchange or verbal barbs traded by Garcia and Woods after an incident of etiquette that unfolded during their third-round pairing in The Players Championship. -source: Yahoo
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