Though Tiger Woods might have suggested otherwise, American golf is still a sport for good 'ole boys. Or so its talking heads have themselves convinced.

In January, Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman all but revealed this little secret, when her comments about the unstoppable Tiger Woods – and how his competitors' only hope of beating him was to "lynch [Woods] in a back alley" – blew the lid off that not-so-secret pot.

And then, over the weekend, NBC Sports's lead golf analyst Johnny Miller added to the fury with one ill-advised comment about U.S. Open runner-up Rocco Mediate.

Miller, a former pro golfer who's been with NBC Sports since 1990s, was covering the sudden death match between Mediate, an Italian-American, and none other than Tiger Woods, when he made the brilliant observation that Mediate "looks like the guy who cleans Tiger's swimming pool," adding, "Guys with the name 'Rocco' don't get on the trophy, do they?"

As could be expected, Miller released a statement where he apologized if he offended you – the typical "I'm sorry you felt bad" line – and explained that his comments were trying "to convey my affection and admiration for Rocco's everyman qualities and had absolutely nothing to do with his ethnicity. I chose my words poorly and in the future will be more careful."

"Everyman qualities," eh? As in, if he weren't the guy cleaning Woods' pool, he'd be collecting his trash on a mob waste management route?