LPGA Panders to Common Sense, Decency

Late last month, the LPGA announced it would suspend golfers who couldn’t pass an English proficiency test, ostensibly to kick all the South Koreans out. The reaction from the great sporting society was ... not very positive.
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↵Now that the Tour has rescinded its decision, everyone’s going think lower of the LPGA brass: the people who considered the Tour idiots in the first place for approving a short-sighted, xenophobic policy, as well as the crowd who undoubtedly quietly approved of the LPGA decision. People don’t like “flip-floppers” or those who pander to common sense -- in this country, strength of conviction seems to be more important than being right. LPGA has basically lost on every count.
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↵There is a solution, though: make the golfers submit to an Attractiveness Proficiency Test. I mean, the English test was meant to weed out unmarketable outsiders, right? But come on, are 20-year-olds from Seoul really less marketable than most of the Americans on tour? The list of crossover LPGA stars: Annika Sorenstem (the Eddie Van Halen of women’s golf; she gets a pass on this test for awesomeness), Natalie Gulbis and Michelle Wie (not for any reason of talent, obviously). The casual viewing audience obviously doesn’t care about talent or ability to speak English clearly: it wants babes. Heck, replace the 36-hole cut with a bikini contest, go all out. It is time for the LPGA to find the nugget of truth in its heralding of the English policy, and exploit the snot out of it.↵