Brian-
I think the whole thing's pretty funny but it sure seems like he said a few things that go beyond even Monty might say -- enough it cost him his Titleist contract.
Here's a quote from his Golf Channel interview:
Q.: One of the articles written in your adopted hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona, made reference to the fact that you live in America; you love in America, you have an American girlfriend; and you learn in America, you attended ASU; yet you can say these things freely about American reputations. Please put into context what you meant about Americans in general.
PAUL CASEY: Again, it's something that is sort of dragging, I'm going to drag out the sort of stuff I don't want to drag up here. I think, you know, I said these things and a lot of them I didn't say and I can't take them back. They were off-the-cuff remarks. It's very, very difficult. I will stand by a couple of things. I do think sometimes the Americans can be a little insular. However, it's nitpicking, it really is. I wouldn't – the States is difficult to live in. I'm a European player. I predominantly played on the European Tour and next year I'll be playing a little bit more in the States. However, it's not the easiest place for me to live. I do it out of choice. I played three full seasons at Arizona State. I was there for four years. And I was there predominantly there to forward my golf career. That's why I came over. And I absolutely loved it. It has given me fantastic opportunities. It still does.
This is a wonderful country. I'm sure a lot of Americans have said, you know, silly things about the UK. You know, the food's terrible, whatever it may be, the weather sucks. And if that's really the sort of – it was general sort of bar chit-chat. And a lot of those things you know, maybe they're true, maybe they're not. They were views, they're opinions, I have a lot of opinions, unfortunately, that's just the way I am. I like to speak my mind. I certainly don't hold a grudge against anybody who likes to speak their mind and if they have a different opinion to me, that's great. I don't hold grudges against them. This is a wonderful country that has freedom of speech. And unfortunately that got me into trouble.