Tiger's Agent: 'Lynch' remark a non-issue
By Staff Report
Published: January 08, 2008
Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman apologized on Sunday for an insensitive remark she made about Tiger Woods during Friday's broadcast of the Mercedes-Benz Championship. On Wednesday, ESPN.com reported that Mark Steinberg, Woods's agent, dismissed the controversy as a "non-issue."
During an exchange with Nick Faldo toward the end of the second-round of the Mercedes, Tilghman and Faldo were joking about which young players on Tour might be able to challenge Woods. After Faldo suggested that the young players would have to gang up on Woods, Tilghman added, "lynch him in a back alley," according to Golfweek.com.
A network representative said that Tilghman immediately regretted the remark. She apologized on the air on Sunday and said she had also expressed her regret to Woods, according to New York Newsday, which first reported the story.
On Wednesday, ESPN.com reported this comment from Steinberg: "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."
In 2007, Tilghman and Faldo became the lead broadcast team for the majority of The Golf Channel's PGA Tour telecasts. She played golf at Duke, graduating in 1991, and played professionally in Australia, Europe and Asia from 1992-96.
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By Staff Report
Published: January 08, 2008
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Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman apologized on Sunday for an insensitive remark she made about Tiger Woods during Friday's broadcast of the Mercedes-Benz Championship. On Wednesday, ESPN.com reported that Mark Steinberg, Woods's agent, dismissed the controversy as a "non-issue."
During an exchange with Nick Faldo toward the end of the second-round of the Mercedes, Tilghman and Faldo were joking about which young players on Tour might be able to challenge Woods. After Faldo suggested that the young players would have to gang up on Woods, Tilghman added, "lynch him in a back alley," according to Golfweek.com.
A network representative said that Tilghman immediately regretted the remark. She apologized on the air on Sunday and said she had also expressed her regret to Woods, according to New York Newsday, which first reported the story.
On Wednesday, ESPN.com reported this comment from Steinberg: "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."
In 2007, Tilghman and Faldo became the lead broadcast team for the majority of The Golf Channel's PGA Tour telecasts. She played golf at Duke, graduating in 1991, and played professionally in Australia, Europe and Asia from 1992-96.
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