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[The Golf Blog] LPGA Commish Carolyn Bivens admits English requirement was mistake: The LPGA, in it's quest for greater audience approval ratings, should have competitors that can engage with the fans. A player that can't speak English will have a hard time gaining fans and reaching out to worldwide audiences.

[Bunker Shots] LPGA Commissioner defends English standard: And, if any player does not pass an evaluation exam by the end of her second season on Tour, the LPGA will work with her to identify the areas that need improvement, and she will be provided the resources to improve in those areas. The player will be reevaluated at such time she believes she has achieved the necessary skills, and the suspension will end when she successfully completes the evaluation.

[AsianWeek] Lieu and Yee Help Rescind LPGA English Language Policy Penalty: We are asking that [the players] demonstrate a basic level of communication in English at tournaments in the United States in situations that are essential to their job as a member of the LPGA Tour - media interviews, the pro-am environment and winner acceptance speeches.”

 [Tees2Greens] Fallout From New LPGA "English Only" Policy Continues: “You don’t have to speak English to play golf,” Cabrera said Thursday in Spanish, joining a chorus of male players perplexed by the LPGA Tour’s decision to be punish women golfers for not speaking English in pro-ams, trophy presentations and media interviews.

[Bruce Berlet | Chip Shots] LPGA 'English' Rule Has Lots of Folks Talking: It's not like the LPGA is asking them to be fluent in English or the second coming of Paula Creamer, Natalie Gulbis or Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez, a Mexican-American. Plus, the LPGA offers help that LPGA liaison and former president Heather Daly-Donofrio of Fairfield says some players aren't taking advantage of.

 [Suite101: Sports Articles] LPGA English Only Rule Clarified by Commisioner: According to Bivins, another aspect of the LPGA Tour's language program, which has received little attention, relates to events played outside the U.S. Says Bivins, "As part of our Board-approved strategic plan, we are producing cultural briefings for each tournament beginning this fall. Among items shared with members will be key phrases for communicating in the native language of the country in which the event is held.

[AsianWeek] LPGA Requires English for International Golfers: Galloway said the LPGA is a “global tour and is not targeting any specific player or country” and that “there are more fans, more media and more sponsors. We want to help our athletes as best we can succeed off the golf course as well as on it.”

[Waggle Room: Front Page Posts] LPGA English Requirement Round Up: He also brought about a quiet FYI for the 30 of us that cover the LPGA Tour on a regular basis NOT writing only blogs. (As a heads up, blog writers do not get media credentials with the LPGA Tour. 

[The Golf Blog] Wall St. Journal blasts LPGA for "English literacy" requirement: The Golf Blog has always been the LPGA's biggest supporter, so we are incredibly dismayed by the lack of leadership displayed by LPGA Commissioner Carolyn Bivens or whoever else was responsible for this poorly thought out rule -- which has become a complete public relations disaster for the LPGA.

 [APSE President's Blog] APSE: LPGA revises English-speaking policy: LPGA Tour commissioner Carolyn Bivens issued a statement on Friday, saying that the tour would revise its recently announced policy regarding having its foreign players learn to speak English, or face possibly suspension. "The LPGA has received valuable feedback from a variety of constituents regarding the recently announced penalties attached to our effective communications policy,'' Bivens said.

[Immigration Law Answers Blog] LPGA Reverses Decision On English-Only Golfers: Of course I understand the reasons for the original decision —the corporate sponsors of the golf tournaments want the players to be able to chat with the sponsors and with the amateur players who pay thousands of dollars to play on the pro-am days of the tournament. But the original decree was just too ham-fisted.

[Sports Blogs :: All Sports, All Blogs, All The Time] Tim McDonald's golf blog :: LPGA backs off on English requirement ...: LPGA Commissioner Carolyn Bivens isn?t stupid or racist or completely out of touch or jarringly, bone-headedly idiotic like many of you may believe. Oh, she may be crazy all right.

 [Chicagoland Golf blog -- Phil Kosin's Worm Castings] LPGA Tour to be ”˜all-English’ starting next year: Or maybe she’s one of thousands across the country that are regular readers of this Worm Castings blog, where I have made the point several times that an LPGA Tour heavy with Asian players who do not speak English will never sell to US .

 [The Contented Cow Blog] In Plain English, LPGA Commissioner Trades Golf Spikes for Flip Flops: Commenting about the policy in her blog, Lisa Mickey, senior writer of new media and communications manager of the Duramed FUTURES Tour (a feeder tour for the LPGA) said, “The goal is for every player on the LPGA to easily converse with .

 [Imprint TALK: Fresh Asian Pop Culture Blog] LPGA To Suspend Players If They Don’t Learn English: This is ridiculous.  Imagine if someone made a similar demand of baseball, basketball, or tennis players around the globe.   This is clearly in response to insecurity/resentment over growing numbers of talented minorities in the sport, most notably South Koreans.  This reminds me of the same kind of superiority complex/arrogance from certain Anglo travelers who expect people to speak English in whatever country they travel in.

[Wizbang Sports] LPGA Commissioner Carolyn Bivens speaks: How about you Carolyn not going on vacation and letting Golfweek instead break the news rather than the LPGA Tour? I can think of a few other mistakes made but I'm guessing you'll never fess up to them.

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