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_Click here: The Associated Press: LPGA to require English for intl players_
(http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hUbJhKCLRQv6DieBfbsOW7E6Q4NgD92Q88CG0)
This "bright"idea could have the benefit of bringing attention about the
world's linguistic challenges to the mass media...
Martha Cardenas-Loutzenhiser, M.Ed. (http://www.grupoamikema.org/)
_www.GrupoAmikema.org_ (http://www.grupoamikema.org/)
ESPERANTO STUDIES RESOURCE CENTER
San Diego, CA USONO
LPGA to require English for intl players
3 days ago
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The LPGA Tour boasts players from all over the world,
and it wants all of them to be able to speak English.
The LPGA 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. The rule is effective immediately
for
new players.
"Why now? 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."
The tour held a mandatory meeting with South Koreans last Wednesday at the
Safeway Classic to inform them of the new policy, which was first reported by
Golfweek magazine. There is no such rule on the PGA Tour.
There are 121 international players from 26 countries on the LPGA Tour,
including 45 players from South Korea.
The South Koreans were informed of the rule, however LPGA commissioner
Carolyn Bivens has not given them — or anyone — a written explanation, Galloway
said.
But the message already appears to be lost in translation. The magazine said
every South Korean player it interviewed believed she would lose her card —
not be suspended — if she failed the English evaluation.
Angela Park, born in Brazil of South Korean heritage and raised in the United
States, said the policy is fair and good for the tour and its international
players.
"A lot of Korean players think they are being targeted, but it's just because
there are so many of them," Park told the magazine.
Galloway said the LPGA is a "global tour and is not targeting any specific
player or country."
Seon-Hwa Lee, the only Asian with multiple victories this year, said she
works with an English tutor in the winter. Her ability to answer questions
without the help of a translator has improved in her short time on tour.
"The economy is bad, and we are losing sponsors," Lee said. "Everybody
understands."
The policy was endorsed by at least one tournament director, Kate Peters of
the LPGA State Farm Classic.
"This is an American tour," Peters said. "It is important for sponsors to be
able to interact with players and have a positive experience."
Galloway denied the move was based on sponsors and said interest in the tour
has never been stronger.
"We are connecting with fans and sponsors like never before," she said. "But
we want things to continue to get better, to continue to grow."
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