Sergio To Invite Tiger To Fried Chicken Dinner. Oops. Racist?
So there is Sergio Garcia on the stage have a laugh with his Ryder Cup teammates at the European Tour Player of the Year awards. Two seconds later, he is branded a racist for insulting Tiger Woods.
Host Steve Sands asks Garcia (light-heartedly), if he would be inviting for Tiger when they next meet up at the US Open.
Without thinking, Garcia replies: âWeâll be having him round every night... and serving him fried chicken.â
Cue a few sniggers but mostly awkward silences from the crowd.
For the uninitiated, the last reference you want to make to a black man is âfried chicken.â Itâs a highly insulting reference and one that Fuzzy Zoeller made when Woods won the 1997 Masters. He advised Tiger on the following years Champions Dinner menu, telling him âfried chicken or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve.â
Garcia later said sorry through the European Tour. âI apologise for any offence that may have been caused by my comment on stage during The European Tour Players' Awards dinner. I answered a question that was clearly made towards me as a joke with a silly remark, but in no way was the comment meant in a racist manner.â
Letâs pair these guys together at Merion, and have them settle it on the course.
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