Golf and racism, it’s just not cricket.

I don’t know if you follow golf but the big story of the last couple of weeks is the racist remark made by Tiger Woods former caddie Steve Williams at the recent "caddie of the year" ceremony

The caddie described his new employer's triumph at the time as the "greatest victory of my career". When asked to explain why he had made such an obvious exaggeration given that he had caddied Woods to 13 major championship wins, Williams said: "I wanted to shove it up that black arsehole."

Williams conceded in a public apology that his remarks, which were made in front of 200 players, caddies and officials at a "caddie of the year" ceremony, "could be construed as racist" and added: "However, that was not my intent."

Despite this admission, a statement issued jointly by the US PGA and European Tours on Sunday made it clear that Williams will not be punished: "[We feel] strongly 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 that he has apologised and we trust we will not hear such remarks again. Based on this, we consider the matter closed."

Racism is without a doubt vile, obnoxious and incredibly stupid. I have lived in many countries and the population of each is made up of roughly the same proportion of the good, the bad and the ugly. Anyone who has any knowledge of the history of mankind with it’s continuous migrations across continents realises, that despite outward appearances we are all basically the same and to claim that people from one particular place are somehow intrinsically superior to the rest of humanity is insane.

Back to the golf.

Steve Williams made a great deal of money whilst caddying for Tiger Woods, well in excess of ten million dollars and his remarks at the very least smell of ingratitude.

Steve Williams is from New Zealand, whose idea of culture is The Haka.

With regards to the remark itself.

"I wanted to shove it up that black arsehole."

I thought that Steve Williams was referring anatomically to what he wanted to do with the trophy that his golfer had just won.

Unlike a great number of ‘ladies’, (if you believe the press) I am not familiar with the colour of Tiger Woods nether regions but I do suspect judging by the parts normally visible to the public, they are probably quite dark, so in that area alone Steve Williams was making an accurate statement.

And finally:

Tiger Woods ethnic background is, and in no particular order. Chinese, Thai, Native American, African American and Dutch. So if  anyone wanted to racially insult Tiger Woods, why pick on the African American part? Why can't they be a little more imaganitive and feel free to indulge their own petty brand of xenophobia in a more creative way.