[Fumblerooskies]

This must be the first womens' golf thread...but it is more than that. What do you guys think about this:

The LPGA will require its member golfers to learn and speak English and will suspend their membership if they don't comply, Golfweek reported on its Web site.

According to the report, the new requirement was communicated to the tour's growing South Korean membership in a mandatory meeting at the Safeway Classic in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 20.

Se Ri Pak, one of the most prominent South Korean golfers on the LPGA Tour, says players should be fined, rather than suspended, for not meeting the tour's new English proficiency requirement.

Players were told by LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens that by the end of 2009, all players who have been on the tour for two years must pass an oral evaluation of their English skills or face a membership suspension. A written explanation of the policy was not given to players, according to the report.

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3553888

I am not the most PC guy in the world...and if you are going to make money in our country, if you are going to work in our country, and if you are going to go to school in our country, ENGLISH should be the spoken language.

[Sly Fox]

It has become problematic in operations on the tour and certainly for those of us in the media. Although it has been fun to throw out the few Japanese phrases I know from my family in Tokyo to some of the ladies on the tour back when I covered them. Typically everyone reads English whether they are from South Korea, Japan or Malaysia. Speech is where the problems lies.