Rory says Chamblee’completely wrong’

October 31, 2013. Rory McIlroy has  lashed out against golf analyst Brandel Chamblee  by calling him “completely wrong” for his column about Woods. North Irish golfer also feels that Chamblee should be dealt with “in the right way” for writing a column that insinuated that world No. 1 Tiger Woods cheated.

He was Speaking at a promotional event in the run-up to the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions in Shanghai, McIlroy told reporters that Chamblee made a mistake giving Woods an “F” as a season-ending grade in a column he wrote for Golf.com as an SI Golf+ contributor. In the piece that appeared Oct. 15 Chamblee wrote about an incident in the fourth grade when his teacher crossed out “100” and gave him an “F” for cheating on a math test.

[highlight] People wouldn’t know who Brandel Chamblee was if it wasn’t for Tiger Woods, so I am completely against what he said and I think he should be dealt with in the right way [/highlight]

“Yeah, I think Brandel was completely wrong. I don’t think he has the authority to say anything like that about Tiger Woods,” the two-time major champion and former No. 1 McIlroy said, according to Agence France-Presse. “People wouldn’t know who Brandel Chamblee was if it wasn’t for Tiger Woods, so I am completely against what he said and I think he should be dealt with in the right way.”

Woods had said on Monday before losing an exhibition match to McIlroy in China that it was time to move forward but put the ball in Golf Channel’s court.

“I don’t know what the Golf Channel is going to do or not,” Woods said. “But then that’s up to them. The whole issue has been very disappointing as he didn’t really apologize and he sort of reignited the whole situation.

“So the ball really is in the court of the Golf Channel and what they are prepared to do.”

Golf Channel has not commented on the matter but points out that Chamblee wrote the column for another publication.

In a statement to ESPN.com two weeks ago, Mark Steinberg, Woods’ agent, said legal action could be taken against Chamblee.

Chamblee’s column incited golfer’s fans people across the world. Chamblee, who said he was not asked to apologize by anyone, took to Twitter to apologize to Woods “for this incited discourse.”

“What brought me here was the realization that my comments inflamed an audience on two sides of an issue,” Chamblee wrote on Twitter. “Golf is a gentleman’s game, and I’m not proud of this debate.”