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 [Tees2Greens] Fallout From New LPGA "English Only" Policy Continues: Choi of South Korea recalled his rookie season on the PGA Tour in 2000, when his English was so limited that he often got lost going to the golf course because he couldn’t read street signs. He wasn’t comfortable enough to speak English for five years, despite constant study.

[The 10 Spot rss feed] Signs you'll flunk the LPGA English exam: The LPGA has faced loads of controversy since revealing this week that it intends to make all its members pass an oral exam in English or face suspension from the tour. Its stated reason is that it wants its many international members, including a large influx of South Koreans, to be able to interact with pro-am partners and deal with English-speaking media.

[Bruce Berlet | Chip Shots] Award-Winning Writer Insightful on LPGA's 'English' Case: The LPGA has informed these players that they have two years to become proficient enough in speaking English before they could be suspended for additional English-language training by the Tour. To goal is for every player on the LPGA to easily converse with pro-am partners and tournament sponsors, to effectively communicate basic thoughts about their rounds to media, and to have the ability to express their thoughts and thanks during tournament award ceremonies.

[Citizen Rain] LPGA Tour to require golfers speak English: The LPGA says it's an American tour and they say they're doing it to help players maximize earnings and help promote the tour.

[channelapa.com] LPGA English speaking Requirements are racist: The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) urges the LPGA sponsors to withdraw support of the Tour until the English proficiency policy is retracted. There are currently 121 international players from 26 countries on the LPGA Tour, 45 players from South Korea.

 [michellemalkin.com] LPGA to golfers: Speak English: Hey, if the LPGA wants to be US-centric and implement a language requirement (instead of a recommendation), that’s their business decision. Seems to be short-sighted in the context of the global economy, with the future broader and more wide open overseas.

 [Matthew K. Tabor : Education for the Aughts] Do You Remember History? The LPGA English Language Requirement: Well, the LPGA just wants its athletes to communicate with the English-speaking, English-driven American market. I can understand that request.

[Editorials] Speak-English policy poorly planned by LPGA: No other major sports league, including men's golf, requires its players to speak English before they step onto the putting green, swing a racket, dribble a basketball or throw a pitch. But, for simplicity's sake, most foreign athletes who cannot speak English try to learn the basics, just as most Americans playing abroad try to learn the rudiments of the home language.

[Bunker Shots] LPGA English mandate creates firestorm: Annika Sorenstam told her story so well after her Colonial experience against PGA Tour pros that it changed the way we’ll remember her. She gained more sponsorship after failing to make the cut there than she did winning on the women’s tour.

 [GolfNow Blog] LPGA Speaks In Plain English: Many commentators are criticizing the LPGA for booting a player off the tour just because they don’t speak English. In fact, there has been very limited if any positive response to this decision announced last Tuesday by LPGA officials.

 [Buzz Managerâ™ Blog] Blog In-Depth: LPGA implements rule on English proficiency: Some individuals thought it was a bad move for the LPGA and that they could have found ways to enhance marketability and player development besides a language requirement. Along the same lines, some thought that if speaking English was truly in the best interests of the golfer career-wise, she would choose to learn some English on her own and the rule is unnecessary.

 [Accent Mod Blog] LPGA English requirement: The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) has recently instituted a new requirement that all its players have a minimal proficiency with English, in order for them to be able to speak for themselves at media events.

[Talk of the Town - talkofthetown's Blog - Bakersfield.com] LPGA demands its players speak English: Title: FPI510150353V2_b.jpg Caption: Credit: talkofthetown.

[The Golf Blog] The LPGA to require players to speak English in 2009 -- is new ...: While it is of course their prerogative as a private organization to institute this sort of rule (it IS a U.S. organization - I don't think it would unreasonable for a South Korean organization organization to insist that their members speak Korean--even if this is an unlikely scenario), I do think that this is a bad move on LPGA's part.

[Gay Sports Blog] New LPGA rule requires all golfers to be able to speak English: "Hopefully what we’re talking about is something that will not happen,"said Libba Galloway, LPGA deputy commissioner. "If it does, we wouldn't just say, 'Come back next year.'What we would do is work with them on where they fell short, providethem the resources they need, the tutoring .

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