Ralph Lauren has ended its sponsorship of world No. 3 golfer Justin Thomas after he used an anti-gay slur during the third round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions last Saturday.
Dylan Dethier @dylan_dethierRalph Lauren discontinues its sponsorship of Justin Thomas after his homophobic slur last week. <br><br>Interesting endnote: "Our hope is that Mr. Thomas does the hard and necessary work in order to partner with us again...using his platform to promote inclusion." pic.twitter.com/g7wVUjJs5T
A greenside microphone picked up Thomas using the slur after missing a par putt on the fourth hole.
He apologized in an interview with Golf Channel following his round:
"There's just no excuse.