A magazine cover in the rough

golfweekIt was bad enough when Golf Channel broadcaster Kelly Tilghman recently suggested that other golfers should “lynch” Tiger Woods in a back alley. She was suspended for two weeks and apologized to Woods for the inflammatory comment.

But Dave Seanor, the editor of Golfweek, was replaced Friday after the magazine ran this over-the-top cover picture about the flap, showing a swinging noose.

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem blasted the image, calling it “outrageous and irresponsible” and smacking of “tabloid journalism.”

Clearly, many readers agreed. Who knew golf was so controversial?