{"id":659970,"date":"2013-05-23T21:41:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T01:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=232028"},"modified":"2013-05-23T21:41:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T01:41:39","slug":"colored-comment-apology-offered-by-golf-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/659970","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Colored\u2019 Comment Apology Offered by Golf CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, the head of the European golf <\/a>tour, George O’Grady, used the word “colored” to refer to minorities during a live television interview. O’Grady was commenting on a recent remark golfer Sergio Garcia made in reference to fellow golfer Tiger Woods. When asked if he would have Woods over for dinner, Garcia said, “We’ll have him ’round every night. We will serve fried chicken.”<\/p>\n

In a live Sky Sports interview, O’Grady stated that the European tour had accepted Garcia’s apology and that the “fried chicken” remark was a poor attempt at humor.<\/p>\n

“We were convinced that he was trying to be funny,” said O’Grady. “We know the connotation in the United States. We accept all races on the European tour. We take it very strongly. Most of Sergio’s friends happen to be very, uh, colored athletes in the United States.”<\/p>\n