Politically incorrect golf: Top 10
By Seamus Rotherick
10. Golfweek, 2008. ‘Caught in a noose’
When US golf presenter Kelly Tilghman was suspended for saying to Nick Faldo on air that players should ‘lynch [Tiger Woods] in a back alley’, Golfweek Magazine decided to put the story on its front cover.
Unfortunately, the furore over its own coverage soon eclipsed that surrounding Tilghman, as it used a noose as its cover image, beside the headline ‘caught in a noose’.
PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem called the cover ‘outrageous and irresponsible’, and Dave Seanor, editor of the magazine, was sacked.
By Seamus Rotherick
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Whatever happend to “sticks & stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me. Society far too preciuos and sensitive and all the Press are doing is stirring up because they have no real stories of interest or want to help lawyers earn litigation fees!!!
Business is slowing down right now….So, who you gonna call?? However, the earliest known reference recording a competition for women golfers dates from the 9th of January, 1811…..
… Ah! 2013… and the business is slowing down right now,hey?! So…Who you gonna call? ….
R and A’s Peter Dawson on all-male membership ‘it’s hardly life threatening is it’! Still reeling over that one.
Homophobia, sexism and racism in golfing – Top 10 politically incorrect moments in golf http://t.co/CutOHJTQzT are we missing any?