Williams escapes slur punishment
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November 7, 2011, Monday
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ADAM Scott's caddie Steve Williams has escaped official punishment for his racist remark about former employer Tiger Woods after a high-level meeting of golf officials in Shanghai yesterday.
During the final round of the WGC-HSBC Champions, talks over the derogatory comments Williams made during a caddie awards evening were held between European Tour chief George O'Grady and US PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem.
Afterwards the pair issued a joint-statement on behalf of the International Federation of PGA Tours concerning the incident. "The International Federation of PGA Tours feels strongly there is no place for any form of racism in ours or any other sport," the statement said.
"We consider the remarks of Steve Williams, as reported, entirely unacceptable in whatever context. We are aware that he has apologized fully and we trust we will not hear such remarks again. Based on this, we consider the matter closed, and we will have no further comment."
The statement was shown to Australian Scott, for whom the New Zealander has caddied since August, and he responded "I hope now that everybody has said their piece the matter is now closed and we hope we can move forward."
Scott, who tied for 11th at Sheshan International, has said that while Williams' comments made it out of the room - the awards party was meant to be off the record - context did not follow. And he bristled when a reporter asked if Scott was condoning racism by taking no action against Williams.
"Look, I don't think digging for a story out of me on this is a good idea," Scott said. "I had Steve issue an apology. What more should I do? I don't know if you were there in the evening."
The reporter shook his head. "So I don't think you have a leg to stand on when it comes to commenting."
During the final round of the WGC-HSBC Champions, talks over the derogatory comments Williams made during a caddie awards evening were held between European Tour chief George O'Grady and US PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem.
Afterwards the pair issued a joint-statement on behalf of the International Federation of PGA Tours concerning the incident. "The International Federation of PGA Tours feels strongly there is no place for any form of racism in ours or any other sport," the statement said.
"We consider the remarks of Steve Williams, as reported, entirely unacceptable in whatever context. We are aware that he has apologized fully and we trust we will not hear such remarks again. Based on this, we consider the matter closed, and we will have no further comment."
The statement was shown to Australian Scott, for whom the New Zealander has caddied since August, and he responded "I hope now that everybody has said their piece the matter is now closed and we hope we can move forward."
Scott, who tied for 11th at Sheshan International, has said that while Williams' comments made it out of the room - the awards party was meant to be off the record - context did not follow. And he bristled when a reporter asked if Scott was condoning racism by taking no action against Williams.
"Look, I don't think digging for a story out of me on this is a good idea," Scott said. "I had Steve issue an apology. What more should I do? I don't know if you were there in the evening."
The reporter shook his head. "So I don't think you have a leg to stand on when it comes to commenting."
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