LPGA: Speak English or Get Out
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) seems to have gotten itself into a little PR mess.
Reports Newsday:
The LPGA, worried about losing interest among fans and sponsors, said it will suspend players who can’t pass an English oral exam after two years on tour.
This appears aimed directly at South Koreans, who represent 45 of the 121 international players on the tour and who – British Women’s Open champion Ji-Yai Shin and U.S. Women’s Open champion Inbee Park, to name two – are dominating.
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