Who is Fuzzy Zoeller? Was he a professional golfer who was a victim of racial discrimination?

Question

So many people refer to him. I am new to the world of golf and do not know the story.

Answer 1

Answer above is basically correct. After Tiger won a specific tournament (I forget which one) he customarily got to choose the dinner service for the pretourney meal the next year. Fuzzy said something very similar too "That's great, just tell him (Tiger) not to serve fried chicken, or watermellon, or whatever it is they eat". It was clear that he did mean it as a joke, though obviously a poor one.

Answer 2

Fuzzy Zoeller is a wise-crackin' cracker old timer.  Tiger Woods was just coming on the golf scene and he made an insensitive comment regarding Tigers ethnicity.  

After the incident Fuzzy lost many endorsement deals and endured public shame, and Tiger went on to legendary status.

Who's laughing now Fuzzy?  Priceless...

Answer 3

he was a dumbass racist that said that if tiger woods won the dinner would be fried chicken and collared greens.

Answer 4

Fuzzy made a comment at "The Masters" golf tournament when Tiger was many strokes ahead of the rest of the players.  This was the year that Tiger won by 12 strokes or so, and set many scoring records.

On Saturday, when leaving the course, Fuzzy was asked what he thought about Tiger's amazing play.  His response went something like -

"Well, he's hitting it well, and putting it well.  Just tell him not to serve Fried Chicken next year... (he then started walking away, stopped and continued") or collared greens or whatever it is they eat"

A couple of things to understand this comment -

1.  Winners of the Masters choose the "Champions" dinner the following year.  Tiger was obviously going to win, so he would be able to choose the dinner.

2.  Fuzzy Zoeller is a notorious prankster/jokester, and in my opinion he didn't mean anything harmful by it.  He had just landed several big endorsement contracts at that time, and he lost every single one of them because of the outcry over his statement.  Although incrediby insensitive, rude, and racist - I believe he was just trying to be funny.

Answer 5

He was a professional golfer...he was not discrimanted against but he made a wisecrack ,once, about Tiger Woods and fried chicken that did not go over well at the time