Who knew golf could be so controversial?

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Mark Steinberg, the agent for Tiger Woods, dismissed as a "non-issue" the controversy over Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman's "lynch him in a back alley" remark during Friday's broadcast of the Mercedes-Benz Championship.
From Golf.com (and no, it's not my normal reading..)

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Tiger's agent: 'Lynch' remark a non-issue
During an exchange with Nick Faldo toward the end of the second-round of the Mercedes, the pair joked 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."

On Wednesday, the Golf Channel issued a statement apologizing for Tilghman's "unfortunate choice of words" and pointed out that she "has apologized privately to Tiger and publicly on the air."
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And the woman still has her job? I guess Al Sharpton must've been napping through that segment. Now I realize that golf is a predominantly white sport (and there are archaic forces in place to keep it that way as long as possible), but I'm trying to imagine what kind of coverage this would get if someone made a comment like that about a football player during a playoff game? Would it really be brushed aside as nonchalantly? Views?

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Looks like she bought herself two weeks suspension.

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a mere slap on the wrist. i say lynch blondie!! hahaha!

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okay, then call me crazy, but it seems like some people just don't get it.

The editor was fired for running this cover, but my point is what the fuck was he thinking??

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sorry, but i still think some people are just completely oblivious.

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No doubt about that one. Especially in something like golf, which was so blatantly white-male-christian-only for so long.

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No doubt about that one. Especially in something like golf, which was so blatantly white-male-christian-only for so long.

which was my point all along. if a comment like that had been made about a linebacker from michigan during a playoff game shit would've hit the fan, but you wouldn't find a cover like that on sports illustrated. but because it was during a (yawn) golf tournament it was brushed aside. and the cover of this magazine is almost like a testament to that. all i could think when i saw it was "holy shit, you've GOT to be kidding me!" i showed it to suej just to get her perspective and she went batshit over it.
yes, the cover is extremely offensive and for someone to be of the impression that it would give their rag magazine some kind of "shock effect" is just baffling to me. but that's where the mind-set is in that elitist circle. i think the initial comment was just as offensive.

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and is it just me or is the ad above this topic now a golf ad?? fuckers!!!! hahahaha!