tilghman drew criticism for remarks about tiger woods during a january 4, 2008 pga tour telecast. in response to co-anchor nick faldo's joke that younger players should "gang up" on woods, tilghman replied "lynch him in a back alley". tilghman was laughing during the exchange with faldo at the mercedes-benz championship, and woods' agent at img was quoted as saying he didn't think there was any ill intent.