The Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia feud made headlines again on Thursday when a European PGA Tour chief executive made an inappropriate racial remark. Chief executive George O'Grady made the remark in an interview with Sky Sports while attempting to defend Garcia, USA Today reports.
Garcia found himself in hot water on Monday after he made a fried chicken reference toward Woods. Garcia apologized twice for the racist remark, and Woods said he was sure Garcia regretted it and asked everyone to move on.
O'Grady, however, reignited the topic of race in the PGA when he later discussed the incident.
"We know the connotation in the United States. We accept all races on the European Tour; we take it very strongly," he told Sky Sports. "Most of Sergio's friends are colored athletes in the United States, and he is absolutely abject in his apology and we accepted it. ... We are moving on."
Golf couldn't move on after O'Grady's comments went public and, for the second time in a week, a PGA member apologized for making a racial remark.
"I deeply regret using an inappropriate word in a live interview for Sky Sports for which I unreservedly apologize," O'Grady said.
The Woods-Garcia feud will certainly be an undercurrent at the upcoming U.S. Open when the two players meet again.
