OMG! Steve Williams Hurls Racist Remark at Tiger
By Steve Kinsman, 7th Nov 2011 | Follow this author
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What could Steve Williams have possibly been thinking?
Button your lip, Stevie, please!
Steve Williams, Tiger Woods' caddy for 12 years, during which Tiger won 13 major golf championships, was given a 'tongue-in-cheek' award the other evening for the 'year's best celebration', a reference to his remark after new employer Adam Scott's victory at the Bridgestone Invitational Golf Tournament, which Williams said "was the best win of my career." Asked what the celebration was all about, Williams said: "It was my aim to shove it right up that black asshole." His comment was reacted to by shock and amazement among the players and golf writers at the ceremony. According to Britain's Daily Mail, one caddie said: "Never have you been in a room and seen so many jaws drop at the same time. We knew he was an idiot but we didn't know he was a racist idiot. I was standing next to a European tour official who said, 'Thank God he is not on our tour.'"
Woods accepts Williams apology
Tiger, in Australia for a tournament, said that he and Williams met yesterday and ironed things out. He said he knew Williams was not a racist and added that Williams had apologized to him personally.
Preview photo from the Vancouver Sun
Woiods-Williams photo from the Associated Press
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8th Nov 2011 (#)
More of a stupid thing to say than racist, but certainly very stupid when you are in the eye of the media.
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8th Nov 2011 (#)
Indeed, yes, Mark. Thanks for commenting.
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8th Nov 2011 (#)
At least Williams apologized after the fact. It was a degrading remark that only a person without common sense would spill out like that.
You wrote: "Woods accepts Williams apology".
I didn't read about this and glad you posted this. I recorded one of Tiger's plays about nine years ago on a VHS blank tape. It is one I will keep and never erase. A very good write up and thanx for sharing this story here. Smiles, Bets
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8th Nov 2011 (#)
Thanks for responding Bets. I appreciate your comment.
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8th Nov 2011 (#)
How tiresome. It beggars belief that such slips of the tongue by normal, fallible human beings are being treated as world news. Surely there are more urgent and important events happening around the globe than this? Clearly the mass media has a great deal to answer for in the reporting such inconsequential events. Or are they determined to keep our eyes and ears off the bigger picture?
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8th Nov 2011 (#)
The media will always report on the human failings of celebrities. Because there's no royal family in America, we treat our Hollywood stars and sports stars as royalty.
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8th Nov 2011 (#)
LOL, OMG, and I think he had had enough, eh?
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8th Nov 2011 (#)
Lol, Bridgitte's comment is nice. More like mine too, I guess. Thanks for sharing, Steve.
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8th Nov 2011 (#)
Williams' words were pretty dumb, and seem to smack of kicking a man when he is down. I am glad he is man enough to apologise to Woods in person, and that Woods is man enough to accept the apology.
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8th Nov 2011 (#)
I think Steve went a bit overboard, and I think Tiger was very graciouis to him in accepting his apology.
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8th Nov 2011 (#)
Thank you Steve to highlight that racism has not died down
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8th Nov 2011 (#)
Yes, unfortunately. Thanks for commenting Madan.
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8th Nov 2011 (#)
Sometimes those "Sorta people" hold back these feelings for a long time before exploding, racism will never die down because of people like them...
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8th Nov 2011 (#)
I hope you're not right about that Crystal. Hope springs eternal here.I always appreciate your comments.
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9th Nov 2011 (#)
I had not heard this, thanks for this update Steve...
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10th Nov 2011 (#)
Thank you Delicia.
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10th Nov 2011 (#)
A mechanic (black) was driving me to my car and he said, "If people on this street saw me with you there would be trouble". He brought it up, I had not even thought about it. Who was keeping the problem alive?
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10th Nov 2011 (#)
Racism keeps the problem alive. It's high time we moved past it and realize we are all brothers and sisters.
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19th Nov 2011 (#)
Sometimes it would help if words could be vetted before they cam out of the mouth..The world would be a better place for it Steve..
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19th Nov 2011 (#)
Right you are Songbird. Thank you.
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