by Rob Labritz
I played in the 2002 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club and was paired together the first 2 rounds with Paul Casey and Heath Slocum. Paul did not play well and conducted himself as a professional. He was a pleasure to play with. I am not saying that I believe in some of his comments of late but in no way did he come across as a "snobby British" person. I saw him the next year at the PGA Championship at Oak Hill where he was just as nice as the year before.

by jeffrey roth, pga of america
Tim MacDonald's bit on Paul Casey was the typical, "let's see what we can write to throw onto the wall and see what sticks". The piece was "bloody annoying" , and the last sentence about the royal family dressing-up like a Nazi had no relevance to anything.
Tim, obviously is a journalist, and not a competitive golfer/journalist! Kind of like the golf pro who teaches golf, but can't break his way out of a paper bag playing the game him/herself. Really now, who wants to take a lesson from that pro! So why should we put up with Tim's piece!!!!
So what if Casey said he hated Americans. Who is Paul Casey, and what has he done in the world of golf to REALLY make anyone take notice. As a competitive professional, I can honestly say I have had feelings of professional hatred towards my opponents from time to time to "motivate" me to beat them, but I just did not express them in any particular forum. I keep them to myself.........so I can "reuse" those same feelings to motivate me again!
You know, golfers can feel that way, and afterwards sit down and have a beer or six with the opposition!!
Have a beer Tim and chill-out!

by rob
As an Englishman who enjoys going to the U.S.A and readily admits that no country can match your hospitality can i explain where Paul is coming from .
The root cause of what he said is that while we are a very proud nation we dont feel the need to shout about it hence the English reserve . We see America as very isolated and to be honest sometimes just plain ignorant about what is going on around the world due to the fact the way you are brought up . It is engrained in your culture that winning is all that matters while we appreciate taking part as well as winning . Further more are you not utterley embarrassed at the way some of your "intelligent" players have in the past likened the Ryder Cup to a war ! We all look upon that as simply pathetic and immature as is the habit of touching fists etc etc . We laugh at you but in your blinkered world you think that your being "cool" . Just look at the difference in our soldiers . One just gets on with the job with no bragging whilst the other think they are Top Gun or Clint Eastwood . Surely you can see the difference ? Its a combination of all these things that really do let your country down as i know from experience you have a lot to be proud of but need to learn how to be modest about it .

by Erik Olafsson
Rob,
Unbelievable comments about American soldiers. How many American soldiers do you know? I'll bet you know zero. I happen to have hundreds of these soldiers as clients and find your statements about them to be rediculous. You know absolutely nothing about this. Every single one of these clients is the exact opposite of the way you described them. While I appreciate some of the good things you said about America, I can't help but notice the ignorance of many of your comments. Mr. G Adder called us ignorant and then made prejudicial comments like Americans are red necks and where pointed hoods. I'm sure he has never even been to America. I am a very well travelled American who was born in Belgium and lived in Canada for two years. In Canada people just loved to say how bad America is. The interesting thing is that they all also wanted to move to America.

by peter kostis
Dear Mr. McDonald
America has become a less tolerant country over the last few years...worse yet, it is "selectively tolerant". Journalists writing stories about stories without checking the facts, is common place. Sports-talk radio hosts trying to incite their listeners to create ratings have become the new "news source". Opinions are treated as fact and apologies go unaccepted until the pound of flesh has been extracted!
Free speach is only free when it doesn't irritate someone. At that point, it can become very expensive. Mr McDonald, please be a little more tolerant and for goodness sake, find a sense of humor. After all, as a life long Red Sox fan, I "properly hate" the Yankees! Have a good day sir.

by bill askin
Dear Peter Kostis,
Amen brother!
Bill Askin

by Paul
So Kostis, will the PGA tournament officials have sense of humor if I as a spectator calls out to Paul Casey and tells him what an bigot he is for participating in a pga event in the US thus voicing my opinion????

by M.Ferguson
I was very sorry to see Nike pickup sponsorship for Paul Casey,after Titleist giving him the boot.Regardless of age or being A British lad,he need to think before engaging his mouth.I will not buy Nike products anymore.

by Ceri Rees
Another British saying - Pot calling the kettle Black
How could you make a generalisation about all British people based on one man's words.
This is no better than what you have taken offense to yourself.
We don't generalise and say all Americans are idiots because Bush is, I think probably this is where Casey has gone wrong.
When Paul Casey mentions the American crowds being annoying then maybe it is time for you to take stock of your actions as well Paul deciding where he should earn his money.
Look at the things Monty has to put up with from the crowds, only in America. More recently look at the attitude taken to Retief Goosen in the US Open, it certainly looked like he was booed because he was a foreigner beating a Yank.
Over in Britain we cheer all players who are playing well no matter their nationality, so please don't tar us all with the same brush because of one mans opinions.
What you must be made aware of is that your attitude to people from around the world is at the moment isolating you from every other nation apart from the good ol' Brits who for some reason are backing you over your causes.
Please watch international news and speak to your compatriots who live and work abroad and see exactly what people are thinking at the moment.
My last and most profound thought is to you Mr Tim McDonald.
I don't think there is any place in golf for comments like Paul Casey's, or for your's which beggar belief. Just because you are in a position where you believe you have been wronged does not mean you should do worse in print as revenge.
Golf is the last remnants of sociable behaviour and need to be preserved. Remember where the game was invented and where the games etiquette started. We can't all be that bad.

by Mr.G.Adder
I'm British and proud of it, even that I live in Northern Ireland.Paul Casey was out of line yes, but what has made it worse is the fact that the American Ryder Cup team took such a beaten ! If it had have been the Yanks winning then this would not have made such headlines
and the fact that a member of the Royal family went to a fancy dress party dressed as a Nazi, was poor taste but then how many of you good old red necks run around with white sheets and pointyed hoods on at the weekends. For goodness sake let the young guy prove he is a golfer and not a bigot.