Fuck off Sergio Garcia

[malaise]

Go drop your balls in the water - ah you already did

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/sergio-garcia-apology-tiger-woods_n_3316251.html?
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Sergio Garcia apologized for saying he would "serve fried chicken" while making a joke about having Tiger Woods over for dinner.

The British newspaper The Guardian reported Garcia was asked in jest while on stage at the European Tour's awards dinner Tuesday night if he would invite Woods to dinner during the U.S. Open.

The Guardian reported Garcia said: "We will have him round every night. We will serve fried chicken."

The newspaper said Garcia released a statement through the European Tour: "I 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."

Garcia has acknowledged not getting along with Woods and their testy relationship flared up again during The Players Championship at Sawgrass two weeks ago.
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[muntrv]

1. Trying to recycle a shitty Fuzzy Zoeller joke is stupid!

[malaise]

2. Fuzzy who? n/t

[dionysus]

4. Fuzzy was a decent golfer from the previous era who made almost the

exact same "joke" over 10 years ago and was (rightly) scorched for it.

I can't stand tiger, but damn, what bad thing to say....

[malaise]

8. Thanks

[dionysus]

9. any golf questions, ask me!

[malaise]

10. Yes you are good

[loli phabay]

12. okay whats your fav hole on the old course, and your fav course

For me its a small course called royal golspie just for the setting.

[dionysus]

24. the road hole for the bunker, and TPC Sawgrass... oh how i wish i could play there...

[Ilsa]

15. Not just scorched. He lost some very lucrative

endorsements for golf clubs, etc. I think he switched to the senior tour 4-5 years later. Zoeller had won several majors (Masters and US Open) and had several really good endorsement deals which were promptly cancelled on him after mentioning fried chicken and collard greens as the menu Tiger would set up for the following PGA Banquet.

[virgogal]

3. Why is the reference to fried chicken an insult? We have a Hawaiian in the family and

always assure her that we will have plenty of Spam and poi. She laughs.

This makes no sense.

[loli phabay]

5. dont even know if garcia would have even have known of any connotations

Fried chicken is pretty synonymous with the US to foreigners.

[Laelth]

7. How interesting! I did not know that. Thanks. n/t

-Laelth

[CakeGrrl]

17. I believe he was well aware of it.

He was asked if, given their rivalry, he would have Tiger over for dinner.

In that context, there's no point to detailing exactly what you would serve unless you wanted to make a point about it.

He knew what the associated stereotype was. As did the low-level GOPers who circulated postcards of the Obama White House with watermelons on the lawn.

[loli phabay]

18. and if asked to invite an italian you might say spagball, or haggis for a scot

Or borsch for a russian, as i said to many people in other places fried chicken is just an american dish, to state its definitely some sort of ravial thing is putting your worldview on some one elses worldview.

[malaise]

19. She laughs but many African Americans do not find it funny n/t

[virgogal]

21. Well I'm from the Northeast and I have never heard of fried chicken

as being an African American food,but it was always associated with The South.

Much ado about nothing IMHO.

[arely staircase]

23. never heard of fried chicken? KFC doesn't ring a bell?

they have them all over the world.

[Iggo]

6. Yep. Fuck that.

[spanone]

11. sergio is a petulant fool....

good golfer, but not great.

tiger is g r e a t

[malaise]

13. And that's the big problem

[loli phabay]

14. i like sergio more than tiger, but seve will always be my fav.

[Ilsa]

16. Sergio is a whiner. He enjoys the attention. nt

[Logical]

20. Tiger is a shithead also, but this guy is worse. n-t

[catchnrelease]

22. This will set my Mom off for sure!

She is an 87yr old avid golf fan (and former weekly golfer). She already despises Garcia. She says he holds up play and takes too long getting ready to hit the ball--moving his feet around, stepping up and back, practice swings etc. I know next to nothing about golf, but I was staying with her during some tournament a couple of months back, and every time Sergio was shown she griped about him. And in her eyes Tiger can do no wrong, so I'm sure right about now she's fuming, lol.

I kind of think if Sergio was looking for the more commonly recognized American food he would have chosen hamburgers or maybe hot dogs.