Robert Rector: Lpga Blames Poor Ratings On Foreigners
San Gabriel Valley Tribune › September 05, 2008
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NEWS: The Ladies Professional Golf Association will require players to speak English starting in 2009, with players who have been LPGA members for two years facing suspension if they can't pass an oral evaluation of English skills. "Athletes now have more responsibilities and we want to help their professional development," deputy commissioner Libba Galloway told the Associated Press. "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."
Views: Hogwash. The LPGA, whose television ratings rank somewhere below reruns of "Wife Swap," is using the race card as a scapegoat for its troubles.See the full content of this document
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Robert Rector: Lpga Blames Poor Ratings On Foreigners
It seems the women's tour has been populated in recent years by Korean golfers whose skills often put them on top of the leaderboard. Like most professional sports venues, it is becoming international in makeup.
But apparen...See the full content of this document
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