Adam Scott's Lame Apology Does Nothing to Help Steve Williams

The caddie in golf is like the kicker or punter in football, you don’t recognize them until they do something stupid, or wrong.  

This is exactly what Tiger Woods' former caddie, Steve Williams, did when he was talking about his former employer at a caddie awards dinner.  

“It was my aim to shove it up that black arse,” he said.

That eleven word sentence has sent off a fire storm of negative press for the former caddie, which has seen fellow golfer Fred Couples say that he would have fired Williams for those comments.  

ESPN news anchor Linda Cohen put’s this into a great perspective, as if Tiger would have not had his biggest wins while Steve was his caddie, no one would have ever known who this person is. 

But what about Steve’s current golfer that he is working for, Adam Scot, have to say about this? It was an Adam Scott win with Williams caddying for Scott that sent Williams into this character crushing sentence.  

Scott has released a very plain, very vanilla, very “bleh” statement about this situation. 

Here is Scott’s statement:

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“I take this opportunity to address the comments that were made by my caddy, Steve Williams, at the Annual Caddy Awards Dinner this week in Shanghai, and the subsequent media reporting.

I want it made very clear that I do not support nor condone racism. I believe there is absolutely no room for racial discrimination in any walk of life, including the game of golf.

I have discussed this matter directly with Steve and he understands and supports my view on this subject. I also accept Steve's apology, knowing that he meant no racial slur with his comments.

On behalf of my team, I apologize personally to everyone that was offended by the reported comments. Please accept this apology so we can all move on.

I now consider the matter closed. I will not be making any further comment.” 

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First thought after reading that statement has to be, is that it?  

That’s all you are going to say on an issue that has lit the golf world on fire?  

It’s a pretty lame “statement” that looks very processed, very forced and something that Scott’s public relations team put out there so that Scott doesn’t get dragged down into the pit that Williams created. 

This apology from Scott didn’t hurt or help his caddie. Instead it was like Scott was sitting on his second shot with a chance to hit it on the green, but there was a water hazard in front of the green, instead of putting out a bold statement in support of his caddie. 

Scott laid up, played it safe, and will move onto the next hole, in this case his next caddie. 

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