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Justin Thomas Dropped as Ralph Lauren Sponsor After Anti-Gay Slur Caught on Video

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_dethier

Ralph 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.