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02 Jun Gone are the days of witty comments

Posted at 18:02h in Golf Tip by

Well-known American golf coach Hank Haney has been suspended from his PGA Tour Radio channel on SiriusXM after the tour deemed his comments regarding the LPGA Tour and its players as “insensitive”. Haney said in his radio show on Wednesday that he could “predict a Korean” to win the US Women’s Open, to which his co-host laughed and replied “that’s a pretty safe bet.”

The coach, who is famous for his stint with Tiger Woods, went on to say “I couldn’t name you six players on the LPGA Tour. Maybe I could. Well . . .I’d go with ‘Lee,’ if I didn’t have to pick a first name. I’d get a bunch of them right.”

One must be careful of what one says in these days of political correctness, therefore and perhaps understandably social media was abuzz after the comments, with many LPGA players, including Michelle Wie, an American player with Korean blood, taking to Twitter to let their displeasure be heard. Woods said his former coach Haney “got what he deserved.”

“Just can’t look at life like that. And he obviously said what he meant, and he got what he deserved,” said the 15-time major champion.

Obviously thinking that his coaching business might suffer Haney took to Twitter himself just a few hours after his verbal “slip of the tongue”, apologising whilst adding that he was “insensitive” and accepted his suspension and apologised again. The PGA Tour and SiriusXM issued a statement saying “Mr Haney’s comments on women’s professional golf do not represent the views of the PGA Tour or SiriusXM.

“Mr Haney has been suspended from the SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio channel and SiriusXM is reviewing his status with SiriusXM going forward.” Sowing the obvious and then reaping harsh rebukes is where we are today, alas gone are the days of the distinguished, witty, devilish and hilarious comments that the likes of Peter Alliss and Henry Longhurst delivered so eloquently during their BBC years together.

Unfortunately, if some of their comments were to be repeated today the perpetrator would be locked up and the key thrown into the rough.

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