Alex Miceli should be suspended...

There is no way for me to describe how angry I am with Alex Miceli this afternoon.

While the entire golfing community has been in shared sadness and hope at the news that Seve Ballesteros took a turn for the worst this morning - the idiot Miceli was allowed to roam freely and unchaperoned at Quail Hollow in his ridiculous bow tie - which, unfortunately, gave him access to players.

Since the report this morning of Seve's downturn, there have been no updates, and certainly no announcements of his death.  That, however, didn't stop the intrepid Miceli, who caught up with Justin Rose after his round today.  The idiot Miceli launched into questions about...you guessed it...the death of Seve Ballesteros.  Rose, who mistakenly trusted Miceli's credentials for someone who knew what he was talking about and gave his reactions as if the questions were accurate.

After the interview, Rose tweeted his condolences - which started an avalanche of people either questioning the report, or just going along with the rumor and tweeting their own condolences and remembrances.

Apparently, actually having the facts straight isn't a part of Miceli's fantasy contract.  He misinformed a player, who then misinformed millions of others on the internet. 

Rose felt horrible, as you would expect.  Miceli, on the other hand, proceeded to try to excuse himself and rationalize his incompetence.

I, for one, hope that xxx Golf Channel shows a slight bit of human dignity and corporate responsibility and punsihes Miceli.  He has made a career out of ridiculing, berating, and generally trashing players performances and characters.  It's time karma came back around and ripped him a new one.  To say that he should be ashamed of himself is an understatement.  For xxx Golf Channel to allow him to continue in his position without any sort of punishment is unthinkable.  If they had the cojones to dump Jim Gray, Miceli deserves an extended unpaid vacation for this.

Sadly, I doubt xxx Golf Channel or any other media outlet Miceli works for will do anything.  The media fraternity will sweep it under the rug.

Here are Justin Rose's tweets:

On Friday 6th May 2011, @JustinRose99 said:

Just stepped off the course to hear about the death of Seve. One of my idols. What dignity and courage he showed thru what must be the hardest of times. That's when the true character of a man comes out. I saw how strong my dad was in his last days and I have no doubt Seve was the same. Sad day for golf.

 On Friday 6th May 2011, @JustinRose99 said:

As I stepped off I answered Q's on his death. From golf reporters! I feel terrible if I have jumped the gun. Was on course for 5 hrs... Thought that something like that should've been factual! Felt compelled to say something about the great man. #confused #thrownunderthebus

On Friday 6th May 2011, @JustinRose99 said:

Guys, feel sick to my stomach about the mistake I made there. Please understand the circumstances in which I made my comment. Right off the course, circled by media, asking on my thoughts and memories of Seve. I am relieved to be wrong and I know this info has saddened a lot of people. I felt compelled to share my respect for him immediately. I never would have thought to confirm such a fact. #sorry. Apologies to the Ballesteros family.

    And Miceli's horrible attempts at rationalizing what he had done:    alexmiceli Alex Miceli @JustinRose99 I asked Justin about Seve's death. We got bad information and Justin got bad information from me. I apologize for that.   alexmiceli Alex Miceli Clearly our world has changed, always trying to get the story immediately, but I should've known better.   alexmiceli Alex Miceli It's clearly a mistake at this point and I apolgize to Justin and all those that read the tweet.   alexmiceli Alex Miceli Justin Rose tweeted that Seve has died becuase of questions I asked him after his round.