Zoeller withdraws from tournament after controversial comments

"Skip Alston of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People accepted Zoeller's apology, but also threatened a boycott of the tournament.

"He didn't insult only Tiger Woods, but the entire African-American community nationwide," Alston said, adding that Zoeller's comments weren't "funny to us. You don't pick at our culture and expect us to laugh."

"It's a tough situation and I feel bad for Fuzzy very much," fellow golfer Mark O'Meara said today. "I know he feels bad. He is taking it very well, but he's hurting pretty hard because he feels he's always been up front with the media and the media has always been good to Fuzzy and then all of the sudden - boom - this happens."

The Greensboro Jaycees, who run the PGA tournament, issued a statement dissociating the organization from Zoeller's comments. But they went ahead with a long-planned tribute to the golfer Tuesday night because he played in the tournament 22 years in a row.

Alston said the Jaycees statement was "trying to sugarcoat their position about Mr. Zoeller." Alston said the NAACP might hold a protest during the tournament."

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