Tiger’s former caddy Steve Williams has got himself into the rough as it were. Claimed at a sports banquet in Shanghia the other day that his former boss was a “black” arsehole.
Tiger Woods is black? Who knew?
The sporting world is agog. Writing in The Guardian, Lawrence Denegan claims the comment “shames the world of golf”. That’s just a small taste of the umbrage being taken by golf writers around the world.
Overwhelmingly a white man’s game, the sport has enough on its plate without some reckless and embittered former insider claiming that the greatest golfer of all time is black. Dwindling fan interest, fleeing sponsors, declining television revenues; these are challenging times for the greatest game you can play while puffing on a ciggy and sipping a beer, although horseshoes has to place a close second.
Denegan claims that Williams is “socially gauche”. Not sure what that means but I have a hunch he’d make good dinner company here at Falling Downs. We’ve got a nice links just five minutes down the way if he has the time. Meanwhile he’s given the game its biggest headlines since Elin wacked Woods off the noggin with that sand wedge.
Nice work Williams. By the way, how do you feel about John Daly’s pants?
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