Hank Haney comments on the Women's U.S. Open

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/hank-haney-makes-racist-sexist-remarks-on-radio-show-ahead-of-us-womens-open

He definitely knows how to stir the pot....

What a maroon!

Apologies with the “if I offended anyone” clause are worse than no apology.

Haney. Nah. He’s not worth defending.

> @buckeyefl said:

> The old "racist" and "sexist" tactic.

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> @buckeyefl said:

> The old "racist" and "sexist" tactic.

"Bigot" - you forgot that one buckeye.

Haney is apparently feeling neglected and needs some attention.

Can we wait and see how this plays out? The truth is defense against slander, it should also be the same against cries of “racism”. If a Korean wins all these whiners get to delete their accounts and Hank’s show gets an extra hour.

> @golfandfishing said:

> Can we wait and see how this plays out? The truth is defense against slander, it should also be the same against cries of “racism”. If a Korean wins all these whiners get to delete their accounts and Hank’s show gets an extra hour.

What do you mean wait and see how this plays out? It's already played out. Haney and his sidekick made fools/asses of themselves. Which is really nothing new if you ever listen to their program.

I haven’t ever listened, no. But if a Korean wins (likely) how is what he said wrong? If I say I’m not sure who will the 2020 Ryder Cup or who has made the team, but what the hell - I’ll just pick Europe. Is that racist?

> @"North Texas" said:

> > @golfandfishing said:

> > Can we wait and see how this plays out? The truth is defense against slander, it should also be the same against cries of “racism”. If a Korean wins all these whiners get to delete their accounts and Hank’s show gets an extra hour.

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> What do you mean wait and see how this plays out? It's already played out. Haney and his sidekick made fools/asses of themselves. Which is really nothing new if you ever listen to their program.

The US Women's Open is this week?

Good, I'll need a backup during the inevitable four hour rain delay at The Memorial.

> @"Darth Putter" said:

> The US Women's Open is this week?

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> Good, I'll need a backup during the inevitable four hour rain delay at The Memorial.

If you decide to watch the US Women's Open, you will see some really interesting greens complexes. This is a really cool Seth Raynor designed course.

> @JaNelson38 said:

> The PC climate in this country is getting old and tiresome.

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> No matter what anybody says about anything now, someone is always insulted, offended, or wronged.

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> Any reasonable person can infer that what Haney said was his way of saying he didn't really care about the USWO, nor watches much LPGA golf...but he knows there are many good Korean players. Was it in bad taste? I suppose. But this idea that he's all of a sudden a flaming racist/sexist because he flippantly brought a Korean's name into the discussion is absurd.

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> What Hank's comments did do is probably give the USWO the most exposure in the mainstream and golf press that it will get all weekend, and it has nothing to do with what is happening on the golf course. Perhaps the folks at the LPGA should focus on that - and the reasons why that is the case - instead of the faux outrage over an old guy trying to be funny but not being good at it.

Any reasonable person should also be be to see that it was Hank being Hank. In other words, an a**.

This PC culture is beyond frustrating. And look at those people fanning the flames so that they can get their "hey look at me" moment.

Just think how different ole Hank's outlook in general would be if he had just been offered a popsicle by TW back in the day.?

What a stunning lack of understanding and respect from Hank Haney, disappointing, sadly- not surprising.

I think we are missing the bigger picture here folks. First, Haney has a radio show and more importantly, there appear to be people who actually listen to him!! If that isn't a cry for help, I don't know what is. If you listen to Haney's show, seek help immediately.

> @HackerDave said:

> I think we are missing the bigger picture here folks. First, Haney has a radio show and more importantly, there appear to be people who actually listen to him!! If that isn't a cry for help, I don't know what is. If you listen to Haney's show, seek help immediately.

If people are listening to Hanks show, they have waaay to much time on their hands.....you are right.

Michael Breed spent 3 days talking about Kucher and the caddie situation in Mexico. I'm setting the over under on the amount of time he talks about Haney's error in judgement for the remainder of the week at ZERO.

Are you taking the over or under?

> @Rangeballz said:

> The bigger story to me is I had no idea the women's open was this week.

I think all high handicappers should watch the Pro ladies swing seeing as their swing in closer to theirs than Brooks Koepka or Dustin Johnson. I'm a fan of the LPGA and I think that Hank is just being a little sarcastic......Hey, is the Women's US Open really this week?

would y'all feel the same if he said oh the NBA finals? some team with a bunch of Blacks is gonna win it? i'd wager there'd be some heads exploding .. or just to extrapolate a bit if someone asked him hey who's mowing the lawn? and he said oh i dont know but i'll bet his last name is gonzalez .. is that racist? curious .. cos don't get me wrong i'm as racist as the next guy, i believe we all are to some degree. So when its a stupid offensive comment and its directed at a particular ethnic group .. is that racist? racially insensitive? people saying oh he's just stating that koreans win a lot of tournaments it's not racist .. cmon now, really?? thats complete bs

and how haney has a radio show i have no clue

> @Oldboy said:

> and how haney has a radio show i have no clue

Satellite radio has a lot of bandwidth. SiriusXM offers a ton of pointless content. A simple talk program like Haney's costs very little to produce.

> @JaNelson38 said:

> The PC climate in this country is getting old and tiresome.

>

> No matter what anybody says about anything now, someone is always insulted, offended, or wronged.

So what. Let people be offended. Be a man and stop complaining about other people's complaints.

LPGA got offended by Hank pointing out what we all know, the Koreans dominate the LPGA and very few of us here in US care who wins at this point. I watch the LPGA just to see professional golfers that hit their clubs similar distances to me for game management ideas, not to cheer on the individual golfers.

I didn't listen to Haney but if there is outrage about his Lee comment, sorry but stats support him. Here are the facts; Lee is the most common last name on the LPGA tour. Of the top 26 money YTD, Lee is the most common last name appearing 4 times. The PC crowd really needs to get a life.