TRENDING: Hank Haney Goes OB with Recent Comments on LPGA

On May 29th Hank Haney was doing his SiriusXM radio show when he made a comment that has upset quite a lot of people and for good reason. When his cohost Steve Johnson brought up that this week was the LPGA’s  74th U.S. Open he said the following.

Haney: “Oh it is? I’m gonna predict a Korean.”

Johnson, laughing: “OK, that’s a pretty safe bet.”

Haney: “I couldn’t name you six players on the LPGA Tour. 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.”

Hank Haney disparages LPGA, US Women’s Open

From 5/29 “Hank Haney Golf Radio” on SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio.

Once word of this started making its way around the Internet, it didn’t take long for people to notice. Michelle Wie was quick to respond.

As a Korean American female golfer, these comments that @HankHaney made disappoint and anger me on so many different levels. Racism and sexism are no laughing matter Hank….shame on you. I don’t ever do this, but this must be called out. https://t.co/P18JByTosN

— Michelle Wie (@MichelleWieWest) May 29, 2019

For someone like Haney who has been around the game for so long it was unexpected to hear him make such a generalized and insensitive comment. Haney later posted an apology regarding his comments.

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— Hank Haney (@HankHaney) May 29, 2019

Time will tell how much his comments impact him. Haney has made a career of helping people regardless of race or gender. Hopefully these comments don’t define his career but they will definitely define the narrative for this weekends LPGA US Open.\

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