GARY PLAYER stunned golf fans after making a shock comment during a live interview on Sky Sports.
The South African legend, 90, headed to Augusta National ahead of the getting underway.
Gary Player was slammed after being interviewed by Sky Sports reporter Anna JacksonCredit: Sky Sports
The three-time Masters winner headed back to Augusta NationalCredit: Alamy
Player got his hands on the coveted Green Jacket three times during his sensational career and was the of the iconic tournament.
But he left viewers shocked when Sky Sports’ Anna Jackson went live on air for the interview.
Before the reporter could ask her first question, Player appeared to ask her colleagues behind the camera: “Why have you started working with this good looking chick, huh?”
Jackson tried to get past the inappropriate comment by quickly responding: “What an introduction that is.”
But golf fans, tuning in to Augusta National’s annual Par Three event on the eve of the , raced on to social media to slam Player.
One said: “We sat there shaking our heads. The old creep.”
Another added: “Did anyone else hear Gary Player refer to Anna Jackson as a ‘good looking chick’ live on last night?
“The worrying thing is, many people will think that type of behaviour is absolutely fine.”
A third chimed in: “That guy always makes my skin crawl. Says a lot about Anna’s professionalism that I didn’t even pick up on it.”
A fourth noted: “Sky gotta stop interviewing Gary Player man.”
And a fifth commented: “Not sure how much is aware of current norms but I’m sure he should be.
“I hesitate to suggest it may be entitlement and putting it down to a man from a different era, not that it excuses it.”
Player won the Masters in 1961, 1974 and 1978, leading to him bagging an invite to earlier this week.
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