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Golf rivals Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods lit up Twitter this morning. Spaniard Garcia made a racially inflammatory, sore loser statement in Europe last night that spread quickly across the sports world last night.
Sergio Garcia makes "fried chicken" joke about Tiger Woods, apologizes for "any offense" it caused. –> http://t.co/p0g7BHNLVV
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 22, 2013
Garcia, who later issued an apology, took issue with Woods for what he viewed as a breach of golf course etiquette during the third round of The Players Championship two weeks ago, was asked in jest at a European Tour function if he would be inviting Woods to dinner during next month’s U.S. Open.
“We’ll have him round every night,” Garcia said, according to multiple media reports. “We will serve fried chicken.”
“Fried chicken” references are associated as racial stereotypes with African-Americans. A similar comment got Fuzzy Zoeller in trouble following the 1997 Masters, when he quipped that fried chicken would be served at the following year’s champions’ dinner, which Woods would host as defending champion.
Woods responded with grace:
I’m confident that there is real regret that the remark was made.
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) May 22, 2013
The Players ended nearly two weeks ago and it’s long past time to move on and talk about golf.
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) May 22, 2013
This will be interesting:
.@TheSergioGarcia news conference will be on @SportsCenter live during the 10a ET hour. Expect many Qs on @TigerWoods.
— David Scott (@ESPNprDScott) May 22, 2013
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