USA AND EUROPE TOUR CHIEFS WILL NOT DISCIPLINE WILLIAMS

FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
By OLIVER BROWN in Shanghai
The two most powerful executives in golf have condemned Steve Williams’ racist remark against Tiger Woods as “completely unacceptable” but confirmed they would not be disciplining the beleaguered caddie.
Tim Finchem, the US PGA Tour commissioner, and George O’Grady, chief executive of the European Tour, issued a joint statement after Williams shocked a caddies’ dinner in Shanghai on Friday night with a racial slur about Woods, his former employer.
Receiving a mock award for his celebration of Adam Scott’s win at the Bridgestone Invitational in August, Williams had said: “It was aim to shove it right up that black --------.”
The New Zealander subsequently issued an apology, accepting that the comment could be construed as racist.
Finchem and O’Grady said, after the HSBC Champions event at Sheshan: “The International Federation of PGA Tours feels strongly that there is no place for any form of racism in ours or any other sport.
"We consider the remarks of Steve Williams, as reported, entirely unacceptable in whatever context.
“We are aware he has apologised fully and we trust we will not hear such remarks ever again. Based on this, we consider the matter closed, and we will have no further comment.”