
Barkley Rips Masters Head -- He's an 'Uncle Tom'
Posted Apr 9th 2010 3:01PM by TMZ Staff
Charles Barkley has resorted to racial insults in his attack on the guy who runs the Masters -- comparing Billy Payne to a slave-driving plantation owner after Payne ripped Tiger Woods over the scandal.
Barkley -- who used to be pretty tight with Woods -- went on Fox Sports Radio yesterday and said, "You got this punk ass Billy Payne who goes on TV ... for him to get on there and act like he's all Uncle Tom, he's the master on the plantation, that piss me off."
Barkley added, "I wish somebody would just walk up to him and punch him in his face."
Earlier this week, Payne mentioned Tiger in his news conference saying, "Our hero did not live up to the expectations of the role model we saw for our children."
"I'd never buy my girl a watch... she's already got a clock over the stove."
More signs are pointing to Tiger Woods' return to golf in two weeks, at the Arnold PalmerInvitational at Bay Hill in Orlando, according to a report in the New York Post.
Two golf sources said former presidential press secretary Ari Fleischer, who helped craft Mark McGwire's return to baseball from his self-imposed exile following allegations of steroid use, has been working with Woods to chart a course for Woods' return to professional golf, the newspaper reported. Woods has been on an indefinite leave from the game following admissions of marital infidelity late last year.
"[Woods and Fleischer] were in his living room this week going over a strategy for how to handle Bay Hill in two weeks," one source said, according to the report.
A second source said, "I would be shocked if he didn't."
So there you have it. Tiger Woods is set to return at the Bay Hill Invitational. Just like we said a few weeks ago, Tiger will return before the Masters in a controlled environment. No better place to that, then Bay Hill, a tournament sponsored by another PGA Tour legend Arnold Palmer.
It will be interested to see how fans react to Tiger at this event. I think it won't be as bad as some people expect it to be. The bottom line is, everyone wants to see Tiger get back on the course and dominate like he always does. Should be exciting. Can't wait.
Go get em' Tiger.