Kelly Tilghman and Nick Faldo at work as Golf Channel's anchor pair.

GOLF CHANNEL ANCHOR WOMAN APOLOGISES FOR
"LYNCH TIGER WOODS IN BACK ALLEY" COMMENT

Golf Channel anchor woman Kelly Tilghman has apologised for saying on air that she thought today's young players should "lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley," according to New York Newsday newspaper.
Tilghman made the racially insensitive comment as a light-hearted attempt at humour during the Golf Channel's broadcast of the Mercedes-Benz Championship last week.

In any other country but the United States, where innocent coloured people were lynched, i.e. strung up and hanged outwith a court of law process, by racist whites in the bad old days of the Ku Klux Klan, Kelly would probably have got away with her ham-fisted joke.
A spokesman for the network said Tilghman immediately regretted her remark and apologised later on Sunday's telecast. She has also reached out to Woods' people to express her regrets, the newspaper reported.
Golf Channel said it received a limited number of complaints regarding the comment.
Tilghman, realizing her faux pas, said later: “I can assure you that there was never any intention to offend anyone. I’m sorry for any misunderstanding.”
Tiger has a sense of humour and it is unlikely that he was hurt by the throwaway line.
A Golf Channel spokesman said no disciplinary action is planned, “other than the mistake she made is regrettable and an extreme learning experience for her.”
Tilghman began working with Nick Faldo as the lead broadcast team for the majority of the network's US PGA Tour telecasts in 2007.