Tiger Woods is contemplating boycotting all Golf Channel interviews and maybe even suing network announcer Brandel Chamblee after he openly accused the world's top-rated golfer of "cheating on the course."
According to CNN, in a season-ending interview Chamblee asserted Woods "had been cavalier with the rules" this year and equated it with an experience in school when he cheated on a math test. Chamblee said he was "marked down from a grade of 100 to an F," and added "oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!"
Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg, immediately took exception with Chamblee's observations, telling CNN "there's nothing you can call a golfer worse than a cheater," he said. "This is the most deplorable thing I have seen. I'm not one for hyperbole, but this is absolutely disgusting...I'll be shocked, stunned if something is not done about this. Something has to be done. I'm not sure if there isn't legal action to be taken. I have to give some thought to legal action."
Named the PGA Tour's player of the year for the 11th time in his career this year, Woods may have been able to improve even more on a season in which he won five times if not for a couple of missteps Chamblee apparently was referring to.
At the Master's in April, he was assessed a two-shot penalty for a faulty drop and at last month's BMW Championships he was also penalized for another rules infringement.
"This is, 'Hey, look at me,' in its lowest form," Steniberg toldCNN. "Brandel Chamblee's comments are shameful, baseless and completely out of line. In his rulings, Tiger voiced his position, accepted his penalty and moved on. There was no intention to deceive anyone.Chamblee's uninformed and malicious opinions, passed on as facts, and his desperate attempt to garner attention is deplorable."
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