PGA President Ouster in Growing Effort on Sexist Comments

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Ousted PGA of America President Ted Bishop became the latest sports executive punished for making insensitive comments, reflecting a growing effort by sports associations to react decisively on sexist or racist remarks.

Bishop’s removal came one day after he referred to England’s Ian Poulter as a “little school girl squealing during recess,” and a week after a Russian tennis official was suspended for mocking Serena and Venus Williams as the “Williams brothers.”