Justin Thomas’ homophobic movement is down to insensitivity, says Robert Lee | Golf News

Justin Thomas hit the headlines for the wrong reasons at the Champions Sentry Championship when he apologized for letting out a homophobic slur after a missed putt, and Robert Lee feels his mistake was like resulting in a lack of awareness.

Justin Thomas went out on the third day of the Sentry Champions Tournament, expressing a homophobic slur picked up by a microphone after missing a short putt. He was embarrassed, ashamed, apologetic, and admitted there were no apologies.

“I’m really ashamed, it’s not who I am, I’m not the type of person or anything I do, but it’s unfortunate that I did it and I have to have it and I’m good excuse, “he said.

The PGA Tour will have the protocols for this, and there is no doubt that Justin Thomas should be disciplined and punished appropriately. The least he can expect is a fine.

His apology was sincere and truthful, and was clear from what he had said. He said that’s not who he was, and came out with a slur that he knows shouldn’t be used and was very offensive.

Does this mean we shouldn’t be watching Justin Thomas play golf anymore? People had to be very depressed to look at it that way. I’ve always loved watching him play golf, and I will continue to do so.

Unfortunately for him, he has made a big mistake with that inappropriate homophobic scourge, and he himself admitted that there was no defense for what he did. He apparently did not realize that he had even been told until he was questioned after his visit.

He knows how wrong he was, and it doesn’t matter that he was talking to himself. It was a moment of rage, and the PGA Tour is sure to be answered.

When you are a professional athlete competing at the highest level, there is a lot of pressure attached to it. If you’re a golfer, your whole world revolves around trying to get the ball in the hole in fewer pictures than anyone else.

They play on the edge, that’s why you hear the word weird, which is why you see the weird club toss. There is frustration that you have to release sometimes, and different players do that in different ways.

That doesn’t excuse what Justin Thomas said, but at least he kept his hands up and was clearly devastated and murdered by the incident. You can call yourself a lot of things in a pique situation, (but nothing !!) even though we have to apologize for air for the bad language.

But Thomas crossed the line and we don’t know why.

It may just be a lack of awareness but a player of Justin’s image and superiority in that game can’t do it when people are working so hard to counter prejudice in all its forms.

It needs to be turned on in the future, and it will never make that mistake again. Justin resists an uncomfortable fall from this, and will have no doubt about the intelligent nature of his idea.

Justin Thomas has learned his lesson the hard way, and hopefully it is a lesson learned for many.

Scott’s blunt table evaluation

Adam Scott made it very clear what he thought of the PGA Tour schedule, and his view of the average events on the tour.

Let’s be honest, the Sanderson Farms will never have the reputation of the Masters. But it was an interesting insight into Adam ‘s way of thinking, and goes a long way to explaining why he did not gain more than his career.

As Tiger has so far proven, there is no “half turn”, only one full turn for any event you are approaching. Another thing, what ‘s the point?

Adam basically admitted that there are events in which he plays where he doesn’t seem too worried about winning. He pointed out that there are a lot of tournaments on the PGA Tour that don’t take as badly as the primo ones.

But they really matter to so many players. Ask the likes of Brian Gay, Stewart Cink, Robert Streb and Sergio Garcia if what they won near the end of last year mattered or not.

Ask Viktor Hovland about his win at the Mayakoba Classic. Did he just happen to earn that by putting less effort and focus than he did at the Masters?

The answers to all of the above will be “no”.

I see a point that Adam was trying to make. There are so many tournaments in the PGA Tour season, and there’s more than enough space to shake the table and introduce a mixed event or something else innovative and engaging.

However, within what he has said, I think we can see that there are events where Adam Scott would not reach with the intensity of “chest out, shoulders back” that he would have first tee at prime or WGC.

Adam is a good boy and a great player, one of the best moves in the game, a dream of a fan with the appearance of a movie star and incredible natural talent. He has won 14 times on the PGA Tour, 11 on the European Tour. He has won the Masters, and The Players, and a couple of WGCs. Don’t get me wrong, that’s an amazing career

but despite those numbers, he’s barely accomplished enough in the game, he’s just as good. He said, to get to 20 awards and more majors at the age of forty, now it’s all about distance. So it’s full thrush every week and see what it can pick up.