Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia Both Want This Fried Chicken Fiasco to Go Away

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Published: June 11, 2013

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Ardmore, Pa. — Tiger Woods spoke to a standing-room only press contingent on Tuesday and kept his comments understandably measured when it came to the hot topic heading into Merion: potential dinner plans with Sergio Garcia. 

Woods had a brief exchange with Garcia at the practice range on Monday that was caught by the Golf Channel cameras and he was asked if they discussed Garcia's recent "fried chicken" comments.

"No, we didn't discuss anything," Woods curtly offered. "[Sergio] just came up and said hi, and that was it."

When Woods was asked if Garcia had apologized in person, he gave a short, "No," before stating, "It's already done. We've already gone through it all. It's time for the U.S. Open and we tee it up in two days."

Woods was clearly expecting the questions about Garcia, but he made it just as clear he had no intention of giving any depth into how he feels about the situation.



Frankly, he shouldn’t have to, and with the U.S. Open two days away, there are far more pressing issues at hand. And yet, here we are, talking about Woods and Garcia. There is no denying how big a story this has been, and will continue to be all week. Maybe not for the players, but certainly for those covering the championship.

The press room for Garcia's press conference was just as packed as Tiger's. To his credit, Garcia knew why most of us were there, and he opened the session with a statement reiterating his apology:

I want to apologize for what happened a couple weeks ago. But hopefully, like Tiger said, he's considering the matter closed and hopefully we can all move forward and kind of start competing respectfully, and hopefully we can all have a great tournament.

By my count, in a 20-minute media session, Garcia faced at least eight specific questions about Woods, including what happened during his exchange on the practice tee, why the two haven't...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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