Australian golfer Wayne
Riley was met by security staff at Perth airport after an argument
with a fellow passenger on a flight from South Africa, the player
said on Tuesday.
Riley, 38, the 1991 Australian
Open champion, was travelling to Perth on Monday for the Heineken
Classic which starts on Thursday.
Riley admitted to Australian
Associated Press that he had traded insults with a South African
passenger after the man took offence at being told to keep quiet
by Riley.
"We didn't see eye to eye,"
Riley said on Tuesday.
"I told him what I thought
of him and he told me what he thought of me.
"That was about the end
of it."
Wayne
Riley in action at the Ford Open earlier this month. Allsport.
Riley said security officers,
who were waiting for him at the airport, accompanied him to collect
his bags and took him to a waiting car.
No charges were laid against
Riley who has a reputation on the golf circuit for speaking his
mind.
He said he suspected the
security staff were only involved to ensure the incident did not
reignite at the Perth terminal.
Australasian golf tour
spokesman Julian Buckmaster told Reuters he was unaware of the incident.
