SiriusXM Fires Golf Voice For Dissing WNBA

Mark Lye

SiriusXM has fired former PGA Tour pro Mark Lye, who made controversial comments about women's basketball during a show Saturday, reports ABC News.

"You know the LPGA Tour, to me, is a completely different tour than it was 10 years ago," Lye said on SiriusXM's PGA Tour Radio. "You couldn't pay me to watch. You really couldn't, because I couldn't relate at all. It's kind of like, if you were a basketball player, and I'm not trashing anybody, please don't take it the wrong way.

"I saw some highlights of ladies' basketball. Man. Is there a gun in the house? I'll shoot myself [before] I watch that."

"I was terminated about comments made about the WNBA, which I apologized for starting the next segment," he said.

After making the comments on Saturday, Lye attempted to explain what he said on Twitter.

Lye, 69, played on the PGA Tour from 1977 to 1994 and won the 1983 Bank of Boston Classic. He finished tied for sixth at the 1984 Masters.