Jay GreesonLate last week Hank Haney was suspended from his day job as a radio host on the PGA Tour Network on XM Radio.
In discussing the first major on the LPGA calendar, Haney predicted that a Korean would win.
Uh-oh. The PC police flipped on the radar.
Haney then went on to tell his cohost that he could not name 10 LPGA golfers unless ... PC police about to hit the lights ... he could give the last name "Lee" and not have to give a first name.
Yep, PC police felonies for everyone.
Yep, the social media morality mob had a field day. Michelle Wie was outraged. A USA Today columnist said that Haney not only should be fired from XM Radio, but he should be banned from every golf course on the planet.
Seriously.
The PGA had kittens and the golf station on XM Radio - which needs a good relationship with the PGA - suspended Haney.
A suspension is even more surprising coming from anyone on XM Radio, which pays hundreds of millions to Howard Stern, who has made several hundreds of millions being the most offensive radio voice ever.
We're used to the outrage, faux or factual.
Speaking of faux or factual, does Haney's tale change, considering the result?
A South Korean did win. There were six South Korean golfers in the top 16.
A golfer with the last name Lee did win.
And before the jokes about Haney's foresight being 20/20 if not PC-perfect start swirling, meet the winner of the U.S. Women's Open: Jeongeun Lee6.
Yes, Jeongeun Lee6. She goes by "Six" because when she turned pro in Korea she was the sixth player named Jeongeun Lee.
Six. Her fan club's called Lucky 6, and she had three top-10 finishes in her previous eight LPGA starts before last weekend.
Sounds like more than a Lucky 6 pick, no?
If Haney got suspended for admitting he did not know anything about an event he likely should have, cool.
If Haney got suspended for in truth hanging his hat on being Tiger Woods' coach - which is like taking credit for supplying Michelangelo with paint - again, cool.
Haney stood by his prediction and admitted he could have worded it better, which means more politely, I guess.
Here was Haney's Twitter post Sunday: ""My prediction that a Korean woman would be atop the leaderboard at the Women's U.S. Open was based on statistics and facts. Korean women are absolutely dominating the LPGA Tour. If you asked me again my answer would be the same but worded more carefully."
But it's a strange place when a sports analyst offers a prediction that is 100 percent correct but not entirely politically correct and could lose his job for it.
Contact Jay Greeson at jgreeson@timesfreepress.com.