
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, August 30, 1994                   TAG: 9408310007
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: AUGUSTA, GA.                                LENGTH: Short

MASTERS RULES MCCORD OB

CBS Sports has dropped analyst Gary McCord from its 1995 Masters coverage at the request of the Augusta National Golf Club.

``In prior years we had expressed concern to CBS about the appropriateness of some of Mr. McCord's commentary,'' Masters chairman J.T. Stephens said in a statement sent to the media Monday.

``In spite of assurances to the contrary, Mr. McCord's remarks in 1994 were even more distasteful and conflicted directly with our goals. We therefore felt compelled to seek a change for 1995.''

McCord upset Masters officials this year when he said Augusta National's greens were so fast that it looked like ``they used bikini wax'' and that the bumpy terrain ``looks suspiciouly like body bags.''

McCord, who joined CBS in 1985, was not immediately available for comment.

``The people at the Masters, the tournament officials, requested that we omit Gary from coverage of the Masters and we complied,'' CBS Sports spokeswoman Susan Kerr said Monday. ``We have the utmost respect for Gary, but they are our partner and we complied.''

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