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Golf’s Kelly Tilghman Suspended for Tiger Woods Lynching Remarks

10 January 2008

Wow. Golf. Remember when people actually considered that a sport, instead of a bunch of rich dorks in dorky clothes in the grass swinging a heavy steel pole at tiny white balls? Yup, the good ol days. I bet way back then you wouldn’t have gotten suspended from your job just because you replied to someone’s joke about “ganging up” on a black athlete by ad-libbing the comments, “Yeah, lynch him in the back alleys”. Which is what Golf Channel hottie Kelly Tilghman said, and which is why the Channel has suspended her for two weeks for the remark. It was a joke; a bad joke, but there’s no need to go suspending the girl. Check out some pictures of Kelly Tilghman and the video of the “lynching” comment. You can see she was just ad-libbing. So what does Kelly’s suspension mean? Well, frankly, now there is no reason to watch the Golf Channel for two weeks…

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