Oh No He Didn't: Sergio Makes Fried Chicken Joke

Geoff Shakelford.com ^ | May 21, 2013 | Geoff Shakelford

[Bratch]

Fuzzy, I have Sergio Garcia on line one, he wants to know what he's gotten himself into now.

Ewan Murray with what figures to escalate the Sergio-Tiger spat into a full-fledged controversy and some rough times for Sergio if Fuzzy Zoeller's past use of a similar joke is any barometer.

The Spaniard was on stage at the European Tour's gala players' awards dinner, where he was questioned by the Golf Channel's Steve Sands. García, who has been embroiled in verbal battles with Woods since the Players Championship at Sawgrass this month, was asked in jest if he would have the American round for dinner one night during the upcoming US Open. "We will have him round every night," García said. "We will serve fried chicken."

Update on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 06:48 PM by

Geoff

**Sergio quickly issued a statement apologizing. From GolfChannel.com:

Garcia soon apologized for the off-color comment, saying in a statement: “I apologize for any offense 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.”

Update on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 06:59 PM by

Geoff

**Derek Lawrenson wrote up the incident for the Daily Mail and added this:

Several guests at last night’s awards dinner were clearly shocked by Garcia’s comment, while one leading Tour professional said: ‘You didn’t hear that’ as he walked past journalists present.

[Bratch]

[null and void]

America’s fried chickens have come home to roast!

[jwalsh07]

Oh the humanity.

[harwood]

Fuzzy Zoeller’s material

[McBuff]

I don’t get this fried chicken is racist stuff. . .which dumb ass doesn’t like fried chicken?

[o-n-money]

Between his last round of golf and this comment: The man is choking his chicken,

[seowulf]

Garcia soon apologized for the off-color comment, saying in a statement: “I apologize for any offense 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.....now, come on over, Tiger, and let's have us some watermelon.

[Fiji Hill]

I don’t get this fried chicken is racist stuff

I don't either. Fried chicken is about as racist as hamburgers and hot dogs.

[RginTN]

Slow baked chicken is better than fried...

Don’t understand the apology...maybe PETA was offended???

[max americana]

Every Tuesday at Popeye’s, there are more black dudes than non-blacks.

I was there late this afternoon, and this has always happened every Tuesday. Soul food comprises of chicken and at black hoods, it’s a staple...so where’s the racist joke?

[getarope]

Uh Oh, Sergio (Think back to ‘80’s commercials)!

[Califreak]

I always saw fried chicken primarily as a southern thang.

YUM!

[twister881]

Agree, what’s the big deal? Now if he had said ‘flied chicken,’ I would have gotten it.

[GeronL]

Fried chicken, watermelon and purple kool-aid has always been one of my favorite meals.

[dsrtsage]

Why is mentioning fried chicken and blacks together such a taboo?

I travel all over the US, and consequently go to a-lot of company picnics, plant lunches, or just lunches in general. I have observed that if one of the options is fried chicken, our higher melanin concentration brothers almost always get the chicken, so the “stereotype” is basically true. But so what? People like what they like.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

It’s a sad day when you are accused of being a racist because you offer someone fried chicken, one of the foods of the gods.

The other foods of the gods is BACON! then Steak!

[wiseone]

Duchy BS, next they’ll apologize for being white... Tiger IS “colored”, so what!

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/golf/european_tiger_sergio_apologizes_3s2luf7oR1AFilVxBn5iQK