Kelly Tilghman, in her second year as anchor of PGA Tour coverage on Golf Channel, was suspended for two weeks because of comments she made during the second round of the Mercedes-Benz Championship, when she and analyst Nick Faldo were discussing young challengers to Woods. Faldo suggested that "to take Tiger on, maybe they should just gang up for a while."
Tilghman grossly responded, "Lynch him in a back alley," laughing.
Upon further research (which I grudgingly do), I realized that to think that this woman was really racist and inciting racist behavior was ridiculous. Tiger is the only peron who should have taken offense to this, and to show what a Class Act he is, his agency issued this statement:
"This story is a non-issue. Tiger and Kelly are friends and Tiger has a great deal of respect for Kelly. Regardless of the choice of words used we know unequivocally that there was no ill intent in her comments. This story is a non-issue in our eyes. Case closed."
So if Tiger Woods calls it a non-issue, and didnt deem it racially motivated, that should be enough to shut the Al Sharptons of the world up. Right? Right. Right?
WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOLF WEEK THINKING??
Nice job guys, keep the fire burning! Drag Tiger into the realms of racism. You idiots! From the mail room to the publishing company, someone should have stopped this cover. YOU HAVE LOST YOUR DAMN MIND!
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