“Speak English!” says LPGA
“Being a U.S.-based tour, and with the majority of our fan base, pro-am contestants, sponsors and participants being English speaking, we think it is important for our players to effectively communicate in English,” says Libba Galloway, the deputy commissioner of the tour, the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
On the surface, I think this move is similar to that of Geno’s steaks in South Philadelphia, which sports a sign that says, “This is America. We speak English!” (Genos was later unsuccessfully sued for that sign).
This is not exactly the type of PR the LPGA needs right now internationally. But hey, anything to keep those sponsors happy, right? There has to be a line somewhere…
Wie Takes On the Men in PGA
July 22, 2008 by mhueter
Filed under Famous Women in Sports, Sports Headlines, golf
Woohoo!
Michelle Wie, an 18-year-old Stanford student – has decided to tee it up – against the men, and this time it’s for money. Wie will debut in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, her first appearance on the PGA Tour this year.
There’s been speculation Wie would concentrate solely on women’s competition, especially after last year when she injured both wrists and made only two cuts.
But she is bashing speculation and this will be her eighth time playing on the PGA Tour, and she has yet to make a cut. According to Washington Post, the only time Wie has made money playing against the men was on the Korean Tour, in 2006, at the SK Telcom Open.
Here’s what she had to say:
“It’s not every day that a woman is given the opportunity to play on the greatest tour in the world. This is a tremendous opportunity for me to learn from these great players and take those lessons into the future to becoming the best player I can be on any tour. This is another step in the process of making me a better player.”
Wie will be playing her seventh and final LPGA Tour event of this year at the CN Canadian Women’s Open in August.
