Brown is not racist, insists Dawson

THERE was further controversy yesterday when allegations of racism were levelled against a member of the R & A.

Graeme Brown, who is widely in demand in the UK as an after dinner speaker, made some unfortunate comments while addressing the annual dinner of the Association of Golf Writers on Tuesday night.

Several members of the audience were offended and the matter was duly raised yesterday with Peter Dawson, chief executive of the R & A. Dawson attended the dinner and was quick to point that it was a private dinner and that Brown was not representing the R & A.