Posted on 01/11/2021 10:34:57 AM PST by 1Old Pro
The World No. 3 golfer was heard over a Golf Channel broadcast of a PGA Tour tournament in Hawaii muttering a homophobic slur after missing a putt in the third round.
“It’s terrible. I’m extremely embarrassed. It’s not who I am,” he continued. “It’s not the kind of person that I am. But it’s … unfortunately I did it and I have to own up to it and I’m very apologetic.
“Like I said, it’s in excusable. I’m speechless. … it’s bad. There’s no other way to put it. I need to do better. I need to be better. It’s definitely a learning experience. I deeply apologize to anyone and everybody who I offended and I’ll be better because of it.”
Thomas, the reigning champion of the tournament, finished the day tied for fifth place.
The PGA Tour issued a statement, according to Golf Digest: “As he expressed after his round, we agree that Justin’s comment was unacceptable.”
Thomas is expected to be fined for conduct.
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Yeah, commenting about a bundle of twigs hardly seems worthy of an apology. LOL!
“ He better immediately prostrate himself...”
With the crew he offended that could be problematic.....
I couldn’t hear it. Apparently saying a word is now called “conduct.” NO. It’s saying a word.
But now the reprisals are going to begin. He will be condemned far out of proportion for what he said.
If he said, “Eff me in the arse!” it would have been praised. Small changes in words can make a big difference :))
With the crew he offended that could be problematic.....
LOL...Post of the day!!
Understood; definitely a Vapors Inducing incident!
Very funny. FR should have thumbs up and thumbs down emojis. You’d have a dozen thumbs up.
I high school, we called everybody faggot, and we knew what it meant.
Just as "gay" is slang for queer.
Everybody know that.
Never apologize for this stuff.
My golf game isn't funny, I keep hitting a "Son in Law" shot, you know, acceptable but not exactly what you hoped for.
once I referred myself as a “retard” after making a mistake doing some math at a restaurant.
The server flipped her shit, even though i was referring to myself.
I figure that hit close to home for her.
Calling yourself "advanced" is also a problem, it hurts underperformers.
haha! she would have been offended at that too, I suppose.
Pierced face brigade ( and don’t ask me how she got a job as a server looking like that)
Sticks used as kindling were called faggots. The first people called “faggots” were Christians who were burned at stakes in Rome in the first century. They were set on fire with piles of sticks (or faggots) at their feet.
It must have been c__s__. What else could it be after missing a put?
Apparently he’s not a de facto government entity. He doesn’t have 230 protection.
TOo bad he wasn’t gay, i think it is OK if a gay person calls themselves one of those, but if you do not currently identify as gay, you are not allow to call yourself a cigarette.
Did he say You Obambi?
BTW, that putt was a ‘Rock Hudson,’ looks straight but ain’t.
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In all my rounds of golf I’ve never heard that one. LOL.
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