SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio Archives - Golf Digest Middle East https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/tag/siriusxm-pga-tour-radio/ Golf Instruction, Equipment, Courses, Travel, News Tue, 08 Feb 2022 02:21:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/gd-favicon.ico SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio Archives - Golf Digest Middle East https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/tag/siriusxm-pga-tour-radio/ 32 32 Former PGA Tour player fired after sexist comments on tour’s radio station https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/former-pga-tour-player-fired-after-sexist-comments-on-tours-radio-station/ https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/former-pga-tour-player-fired-after-sexist-comments-on-tours-radio-station/#respond Tue, 08 Feb 2022 02:21:46 +0000 https://golfdigestme.com/?p=52473 Former PGA Tour player Mark Lye has been fired from SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio following his comments about women’s sports.

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By Joel Beall
Former PGA Tour player Mark Lye has been fired from SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio following his comments about women’s sports.

Over the weekend Lye—one of the cohosts of “The Scorecard,” a pregame show for Saturday and Sunday rounds of every tour broadcast—ripped into women’s basketball when discussing the LPGA.

“You know, the LPGA Tour to me is a completely different tour than it was 10 years ago,” Lye said in a rant that was posted on social media. “You couldn’t pay me to watch, you really couldn’t. Because I just, I couldn’t relate at all. It’s kind of like, you know, if you’re a basketball player, and I’m not trashing anybody please, don’t take it the wrong way, but I saw some highlights of ladies’ basketball. Man, is there a gun in the house? I’ll shoot myself than watch that.

“You know, I love watching the men’s basketball. I love watching the men’s golf. I never used to like watching ladies’ golf. But I will tell you this. I’ve been up close watching these ladies play because I used to have a big function every year called the Lucas Cup and I’d have LPGA players and PGA Tour players.”

One of Lye’s cohost’s then chimed in, “Good luck getting some WNBA stars to come play for you,” to which Lye replied, “I know, I know. I’m off their list. I’m sorry about that.”

After the clip of Lye’s comments was met with backlash online, Lye took to Twitter to defend himself. “The fact that I can’t relate to WNBA does not make me sexist in any way,” Lye wrote. “All you haters should listen to the whole segment, where I completely glorified women’s golf, which I love to cover. Thanks for listening.” He also responded to multiple tweets, some of which mentioned he had been fired for his comments while attacking others for their remarks towards him.

On Monday, a spokesperson for SiriusXM confirmed to Golf Digest that Lye and the channel have parted ways. “Mr. Lye will no longer be hosting for SiriusXM,” a spokesperson said.

Lye, 69, made over 500 starts on the PGA Tour career, highlighted by winning the 1983 Bank of Boston Classic. After a wrist injury ended his playing career he transitioned into working as an analyst for the Golf Channel.

The move comes three years after SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio suspended instructor Hank Haney for making racist and sexist comments on his radio show. Haney filed against the tour for harbouring a “vendetta” against him but the suit was ultimately dismissed last August. In January the PGA Tour and SiriusXM announced a multi-year extension to their broadcasting agreement.

 

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Tiger Woods chats with his then swing coach Hank Haney during a practice round prior to the start of the 91st PGA Championship at the Hazeltine Golf Club on August 10, 2009 in Chaska, Minnesota.

By Christopher Powers
Hank Haney just won’t quit.

Last Thursday, the swing instructor was suspended from his SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio program for the disparaging remarks he made about women’s golf. A day earlier, when the topic of last week’s U.S. Women’s Open came up, Haney claimed that he couldn’t name more than a handful of players on the LPGA Tour, save for those with the last name “Lee.” He also mockingly predicted a Korean would win the tournament, which led many to deem his comments both racist and sexist. Haney attempted to clarify them soon after, claiming those characterizations were off base.

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Even after an apology, in which Haney said he was sorry if he offended anyone, he was still suspended, and Sirius XM stated it would be reviewing his status going forward. Haney said he accepted the suspension and apologized again. At the time, that was that.

Then, South Korea’s Jeongeun Lee6, whose last name has a six on the end of it because she was the sixth player named Jeongeun Lee on the Korean LPGA Tour, won the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday at the Country Club of Charleston. Rather than stay quiet, Haney believed he was vindicated, tweeting that his prediction was “based on statistics and facts. Korean women are absolutely dominating the LPGA Tour. If you asked me again my answer would be the same but worded more carefully.” Not surprisingly, Haney continuing to dig his own grave did not go over well.

But for reasons that are impossible to explain, Haney is still not done discussing the matter. On Tuesday, he directed his ire at Tiger Woods, who Haney coached from 2004-2010. Following an even-par 72 on Friday at the Memorial Tournament, Woods was asked about his former coach’s comments, and he held nothing back, saying Haney “deserved it,” referring to his suspension. “Just can’t look at life like that. And he obviously said what he meant, and he got what he deserved,” Woods added.

Apparently, these comments didn’t reach Haney’s desk until Tuesday afternoon. That, or he thought over how he would respond for a few days and came up with this statement below, which he posted to his Twitter and Instagram accounts:

“Amazing how Tiger Woods has become the moral authority on issues pertaining to women,” Haney wrote. “I spent six great years coaching Tiger, and not once did he ever hear me utter one sexist or racist word. Now, in addition to being a 15-time major champion, I guess he thinks he’s also a mind reader? #glasshouses”

Obviously, Haney is referring to Woods’ extramarital affairs, many of which occurred while he was coaching Woods. And not surprisingly, like his Sunday evening tweets following Lee6’s win, his latest comments are not being received well.

Haney, with the help of former Golf Digest senior writer Jaime Diaz, wrote about he and Woods’ time together in great detail (without Woods’ blessing) in a book titled “The Big Miss.” Haney is also a longtime Golf Digest contributing teacher.

 

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By Joel Beall
Golf instructor Hank Haney was forced to address accusations of making racist, sexist comments on his radio show Wednesday afternoon ahead of the U.S. Women’s Open.

Haney, speaking with co-host Steve Johnson on Haney’s eponymous program on SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio, mockingly predicted “a Korean” would win this week’s event at Country Club of Charleston, adding he couldn’t name six players on the LPGA Tour save for those with the last name “Lee.”

Below is the transcript of the conversation:

Steve Johnson: “Hank, the 74th U.S. Women’s Open…yeah.”

Hank Haney: “I’m going to predict a Korean.”

Johnson: “Okay.” (laughter)

Haney: “Okay.”

Johnson: “Pretty safe bet.” (Laughter)

Haney: “That’s going to be my prediction…I couldn’t name you, like, six players on the LPGA Tour.”

Johnson: “Yeah.”

Haney: “Maybe I could. Well…I’d go with Lee if I didn’t have to name a first name, I’d get a bunch of them right…Yeah, I don’t know.”

Johnson: “You’ve got six Lee’s.”

Haney: “Honestly, Michelle Wie’s hurt…I don’t know anybody…where are they playing, anyway?”

The outcry was swift on social media, which included a statement from Wie, who is missing this week’s Open due to injury.

“As a Korean American female golfer, these comments that @HankHaney made disappoint and anger me on so many different levels,” Wie said. “Racism and sexism are no laughing matter Hank….shame on you. I don’t ever do this, but this must be called out.”

Haney tried to clarify those comments later in the program, saying he couldn’t remember what he said.

“I guess people are taking this as racially insensitive,” Haney remarked.” He then apologized “if I offended anyone.” The show ended with Johnson telling Haney he was not a racist, to which Haney replied, “I am definitely not a racist.”

Golf Digest reached out to Haney for further comment and he replied with the following response via text:

”This morning I made some comments about women’s professional golf and its players that were insensitive and that I regret. In an effort to make a point about the overwhelming success of Korean players on the tour I offended people, and I am sorry. I have the biggest respect for the women who have worked so hard to reach the pinnacle of their sport, and I never meant to take away from their abilities and accomplishments. I’ve worked in this game with men and women players from many different cultures, and I look forward to continuing to doing so.”

Haney is best known for coaching Tiger Woods from 2004 to 2010, and for the Golf Channel TV show “The Haney Project.” He is also a longtime Golf Digest contributing teacher.

 

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