Chamblee apologetic for cheat remark

October 28, 2013. Brandel Chamblee is finally on a remorse course for his unwarranted comment, calling world no. 1 Tiger woods a ‘cheat’. Former golf professional and current Golf Channel analyst Chamblee has decided to put a full stop to controversy by apologizing to Tiger Woods via Twitter on Tuesday for his shrewd remark.

“Golf is a gentleman’s game and I’m not proud of this debate. I want to apologize to Tiger for this incited discourse,” Chamblee said on Twitter.

It all began when he wrote a column for Golf.com, he gave Woods an “F” for his five-win season. He said Woods “was a little cavalier with the rules,” citing four rules incidents Woods was involved in. In the column, Chamblee wrote of an incident in which he cheated in the fourth grade.

“When I was in the fourth grade, I cheated on a math test and when I got the paper back it had “100” written at the top and just below the grade, was this quote, “Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!” It was an oft-quoted line from the epic poem “Marmion” by Sir Walter Scott, and my teacher’s message was clear. Written once more beneath that quote was my grade of “100”, but this time with a line drawn through it and beneath that an F. I never did ask my teacher how she knew I cheated and I certainly didn’t protest the grade. I knew I had done the wrong thing and my teacher the right, but I never forgot the way I felt when I read that quote.

” … I remember when we only talked about Tiger’s golf. I miss those days. He won five times and contended in majors and won the Vardon Trophy and … how shall we say this … was a little cavalier with the rules.”

Chamblee then gave Woods a “100” but wrote a line through it and followed it with an “F.”

Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, told ESPN.com that he would “have to give some thought to legal action.”

Earlier, Chamblee stood by his comment and told Associated Press that although he did say in an email that he never said outright that he thinks Woods cheated.