He comes back and there are multiple cameras with millions, billions watching around the world and a joke that he thought was private clearly has been picked up. Stirk continued: "He's been out of the limelight for a while. "Women should not be portrayed as being inferior to men in any walk of life and certainly on a sporting landscape, women, girls should not be made to feel like they're inferior" It was crass, it was disappointing and I think surprise from my side because he's playing in the Genesis on the PGA Tour. "I think that's not what we want to be showcasing in the world of sport. "'I've outdriven you', 'you've driven the ball a shorter distance than I have and therefore women are inferior to men'. To me it was laddy, blokey behaviour, passing him the tampon effectively saying: 'I've outdriven you', 'you're driving the ball like a woman', effectively the inference of the incident that happened and that to me says females, women are inferior to men. JT and Tiger Woods, good buddies, play a lot together. "We want women's sport to be on a playing field with men and I think this incident was extremely disappointing. I think we're all striving for equality and we've all seen massive inroads which everybody is doing when it comes to promoting women's sport, media exposure and increase in participation levels. I'm passionate and love the game of golf. "My overriding feelings are complete surprise and being honest, really disappointed," the presenter told Sky Sports News.
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