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[Golf Truth & Rumors] The recession reached into LPGA headquarters Wednesday when the cash-strapped tour eliminated the deputy commissioner position and laid off seven other staffers, according to sources familiar with the situation. The only eliminated position confirmed by the tour was that of Libba Galloway, a lawyer who was elevated to the newly created position of deputy commissioner by then-commissioner Carolyn Bivens.

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