As I predicted, things are heating up on the Tiger Woods-Brandel Chamblee front.

From Geoff Shackelford:

Earlier today, Rory McIlroy defended Woods’ hardline response against Chamblee. Writes Derek Lawrenson in the Daily Mail:

There was nothing coy, mind, about the way he waded in on the side of his friend Tiger Woods, with strong words of condemnation for Golf Channel commentator Brandel Chamblee, who insinuated in a recent magazine article Tiger was a cheat.

‘I say Brandel was completely wrong and I don’t think he has the authority to say anything bad about Tiger,’ said McIlroy. ‘People wouldn’t know who Brandel was if it wasn’t for Tiger, so I am completely against what he said and he should be dealt with in the right way.’