Tiger talks about Chamblee: Turns up heat on Golf Channel; Says Chamblee didn’t apologize

I didn’t think Brandel Chamblee’s tweets last week were going to end of the cheating allegation flap with Tiger Woods.

Sure enough, an angry Woods implied there’s much more to come while speaking today in China, where he had an exhibition match with Rory McIlroy. And he definitely is going to drag the Golf Channel into the saga, even though Chamblee’s column, which alleges he “was a cavalier” with golf’s rules, appeared on Golf.com.

Here’s Woods in an Associated Press story:

“All I am going to say is that I know I am going forward,” Woods said before his exhibition match with Rory McIlroy at Mission Hills. “But then, I don’t know what the Golf Channel is going to do or not. But then that’s up to them. The whole issue has been very disappointing, as he didn’t really apologize and he sort of reignited the whole situation.

“So the ball really is in the court of the Golf Channel and what they are prepared to do.”

Golf Channel has not commented on the flap. Chamblee is an analyst, but he wrote his column about Woods as a contributor to another publication. Chamblee has said he was not asked to apologize by anyone.

Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, was so incensed by the column that he issued a statement to ESPN.com that raised the possibility of legal action. Steinberg shared his client’s views.

“I’m all done talking about it, and it’s now in the hands of the Golf Channel,” Steinberg said. “That’s Tiger’s view and that’s mine, and all we want to do is move forward. And whether the Golf Channel moves forward as well, then we’ll have to wait and see.”

So the ball’s in your court, or on your green, Golf Channel.

Golf Channel won’t fire Chamblee. He’s the best analyst it has.

However, I do think the Woods’ camp wants a strong on-air apology from Chamblee at a minimum. They might even insist he wear a dunce cap.

As I said, this story isn’t going away.

 

 

 

One thought on “Tiger talks about Chamblee: Turns up heat on Golf Channel; Says Chamblee didn’t apologize

  1. I think that Chamblee just said out loud what many in golf were thinking.
    When Tiger looks at a video and then still denies what anyone else can see, he is making the case for Chamblee. He may be a great golfer, but his actions over the years have demonstrated that he has work to do on his character.

    If Tiger was smart, he would let this drop. I don’t see how it ends well for him.

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