{"id":575639,"date":"2026-04-10T09:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575639\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:38:11","slug":"gary-player-makes-it-weird-referring-to-golf-reporter-as-good-looking-chick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575639\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Player makes it weird, referring to golf reporter as &#8216;good-looking chick&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>90-year-old golf legend Gary Player made things uncomfortable with a remark about Sky Sports\u2019 Anna Jackson before an interview during Wednesday\u2019s Par 3 event at The Masters.<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports Golf presenter Anna Jackson was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/09\/sports\/gary-player-has-awkward-masters-moment-with-good-looking-host\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">setting up for an on-camera interview with Player on Wednesday<\/a>, starting to say \u201cI\u2019m here with the one\u2026\u201d before Player interrupted her, turned to the cameraperson, and said, \u201cHow are you guys? No wonder you\u2019re smiling, working with this good-looking chick, eh\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A real pro, Jackson\u00a0kept her composure in the face of the unwanted, creepy comment and powered through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay, well, Mr. Player, what an introduction that is\u2026 you\u2019re obviously one-third of the great honorary starters come Thursday morning. Here you are back at the Par 3, you look so good, you\u2019re playing some good golf, how are you feeling?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I\u2019m 90 years old, and I\u2019m still shooting par,\u201d responded the three-time\u00a0Masters\u00a0champion. \u201cI\u2019ve had three birdies already \u2014 it\u2019s a thrill for me. I\u2019ve been coming here 68 times, back to when one of my heroes, President Eisenhower, was here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Player\u2019s remark elicited groans and admonishments from some on social media, while others excused him for his age and various other \u201cwhat, a man can\u2019t tell a woman she\u2019s beautiful anymore!?!\u201d reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson has held various golf broadcasting roles, working for Sky Sports, NBC, and Golf Channel.<\/p>\n<p>Player will be one of three\u00a0honorary starters\u00a0for the 2026 Masters, alongside record 18-time major winner and six-time Masters champion Jack Nicklaus and eight-time major winner and two-time Masters champion Tom Watson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"90-year-old golf legend Gary Player made things uncomfortable with a remark about Sky Sports\u2019 Anna Jackson before an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[180036,253152,31747,427,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-575639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-2026-masters","9":"tag-anna-jackson","10":"tag-gary-player","11":"tag-golf","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}