Good News For George O'Grady: Expert Says "Colored" Used These Days Only By The Old, Ignorant, Lazy & Uneducated

From Ewan Murray's wrap up of the George O'Grady boondoggle and BMW first round.

Paul Kearns, the deputy chief executive of Show Racism the Red Card, said: "Black people prefer to be referred to as black, because historically the term coloured has carried particularly negative connotations. It is certainly something we would like to see disappear – it is old fashioned and lazy, but more importantly it has an offensive undertone.

"I do think that anyone using that term these days does so probably through ignorance or lack of education rather than through malice. But we would actively discourage people from using the word coloured when they mean black."

Derek Lawrenson also reports on the O'Grady comments and even has a comment from Sergio, commenting on O'Grady who was commenting on Sergio.

Regarding O’Grady’s gaffe,  Garcia added: ‘Obviously I was playing so I didn’t hear him say it but I have heard about it, and I think it’s unfortunate.’

As for the tournament itself, South African James Kingston leads after a 66.

None of the 11 Ryder Cup  heroes who starred at Medinah last  year on view managed to break 70 on a difficult day, with world  No 2 Rory McIlroy shooting 74  and defending champion Donald a 78 — his worst ever score at Wentworth.