Anchor Claims Mistreatment

For years, Lisa Cornwell hosted a number of shows on NBC owned The Golf Channel.

But, she is no longer with the network and it appears if this New Year’s Day tweet is any indication that she is not quietly going to go away:

Cornwell went on a podcast and she did not hold back while talking about her time at the NBC property. “What I went through, and obviously I made it a female issue, a women issue, is nothing compared to what dozens and dozens of women at that network have faced over the years. That’s first and foremost to me,” explained Cornwell. “This isn’t about being a victim.”

Golfweek writes that her “downhill spiral” with the network came in August of 2018, she said, when she was filling in for an anchor alongside Brandel Chamblee, who she alleges never liked her.

“There is a clear timeline from August 2018 to where things started to shift,” said Cornwell, who admitted to making a mistake on air during that broadcast that she said bothered Chamblee.

In December 2018, Cornwell received a scheduling email with her assignments for the following year, where she had one event in particular circled on her calendar: the 2019 NCAA Championships, hosted by the University of Arkansas. Cornwell played for the Razorbacks and was a four-time Arkansas state champion.

“I had always hosted the women’s NCAAs since I had been at Golf Channel. I get a scheduling email that I would not be the host that year at Arkansas, that I had been demoted to a reporter, and they didn’t even have the guts to tell me.”

When asked if she thought the move was related to the incident a few months prior, Cornwell responded adamantly: “100 percent, how could you justify it?”

NBC and the Golf Channel have not commented.