Don Imus on the Golf Channel?

I was more than a little surprised to learn that an "anchor-person" on the Golf Channel was recently suspended for making untoward remarks during a golf match. KellyTilghman (who I've never heard of) was working with a more famous golfer (Nick Faldo) at the Mercedes-Benz Championship. Faldo said something about whether any of the younger players were capable of challenging Tiger Woods as the World's Number 1 player in golf. Faldo then suggested that maybe they shoudl just "gang up for a while". At which point Tilghman said, "Lynch him in a back alley". That's the only context that is reported in the news now, and I didn't see the broadcast.

One surprising thing is the Kelly is a female golfer, and my stereotype for racist remarks does not usually include females at all. The other surprising thing is that the amount of press for this remark does not seem to resemble the public outcry when Don Imus make a very tacky remark about a girl's basketball team.

Tiger Woods almost immediately remarked (through his people) that the remark "unequivocally" had no "ill intent". Al Sharpton felt otherwise, and has made his feelings known. But, other than a few remote comments on the Web, this one has been under the radar. I would have thought that golf and women's basketball were on about the same plane of public interest, but I guess not. Or maybe racist and feminine-phobic is worse than just racist.