The Golf Channel experienced an embarrassing moment during a live broadcast when reporter Lauren Withrow mistakenly interviewed the wrong Black sports figure, thinking she was speaking with former college football star Vince Young.
In a cringe-worthy mix-up on Thursday at the BMW Charity Pro-Am in South Carolina, Withrow approached who she believed to be Young, the former Texas hero and 2006 NFL Draft’s No. 3 pick. Instead, she found herself conversing with Citadel assistant football coach Everette Sands.
Withrow enthusiastically began, “Six seasons in the NFL, arguably one of the best NCAA quarterbacks of all-time at Texas, picked up golf about four years ago,” before asking, “What’s the biggest shift you’ve made going from the ultimate team sport to the ultimate individual sport?”
Sands, an offensive skill specialist coach at Citadel, handled the mistake gracefully, correcting her by saying, “I apologize. You have the wrong person. I’m Everette Sands. I’m a football coach. But, the great thing about golf is I’m not only competing against myself but I’m competing against everybody else.”
Quickly adapting, Withrow asked Sands about his first Pro-Am experience. He responded, “Being out here is a great thing. Having an opportunity to play with some professional golfers is an intimidating thing but also a great thing.” Speaking to WCIV about the mix-up, Sands shared, “The young lady came up and said, ‘Vince,’ which I thought was her introducing herself to me. She said, ‘Can I get an interview after you tee off?’ And I was like, ‘Sure.'”
