GOLFWEEK magazine this week responded to the Kelly Tilghman controversy by dropping a noose onto the mag’s cover:

Needless to say, the PGA TOUR ain’t to thrilled with the move. SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY reports that “PGA Tour execs are meeting today with the editors of Golfweek magazine to discuss the cover of this week’s issue, which depicts a noose in reference to Golf Channel’s Kelly Tilghman’s racially-insensitive comments about Tiger Woods.”

PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem yesterday told USA today that the cover was “outrageous and irresponsible. … It smacks of tabloid journalism.”

Golfweek Editor Dave Seanor on why the noose image was used, “It was an image we thought would draw attention to an issue we thought deserved some intelligent dialogue“.

We’re sad for Tilghman that this issue will not go away. After Tiger Woods‘ “meh” response to her comment, that should’ve been the end of it. Golfweek did need to cover what happened to Tilghman, but attaching a noose ito the story is a complete embarrassment. Then again, we don’t have to try to make what’s happening in Mark Calcavecchia’s life interesting every week.