"Ms. Evans declined to comment."

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The NY Times' Susanne Craig and Peter Lattman ponder the oddity of the folks who live in the revolving door world of corporate boards somehow retaining their prized place in that incestuous little world even after they've been part of a number of stinkers. One of golf's higher profile personalities from not too long ago was prominently featured for her fine work at Lehman Brothers, but oddly, her support of Brand Lady Bivens during her LPGA Board days was not noted.
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"We don't seem to be headed the way of men's tennis, as an example, or perhaps the LPGA Tour where, on the leader boards, you are sometimes lacking in American presence."

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John Paul Newport landed a lengthy sit down with Commissioner Tim Finchem and lived to write about it. Considering it was the WSJ, I figured we'd get at least one nice bit of jargon, but instead we just got a nice jab at the LPGA. Or at least, a jab in Finchemspeak, which is merely a long, tortured sentence.
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“Any discussion about cheating in the situation that arose last week with players Shi Hyun Ahn and Il Mi Chung is irresponsible."

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Beth Ann Baldry follows up with Shi Hyun Ahn's agent and gets a strong statement from the LPGA Tour on accusations of cheating by Ahn and Il Mi Chung. Of course, the identity of Ahn's caddie, who started the speculation, remains a mystery. Which really doesn't help clear this up entirely.

LPGA Launching Probe Into Canada Saga

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Steve Elling gets the word from LPGA communications chief David Higdon.

“We have treated this situation very seriously, and have or will speak to all principles involved,” Higdon said in an email Sunday morning. “Yes, we are looking very closely at it.”

The LPGA has had issues in the past with South Korean natives, who have been accused by other players of bending rules by conversing with friends or parents and receiving advice in their native tongue, among other perceived violations. The LPGA at one point put players on notice that such conversations and interaction would not be tolerated. One longtime LPGA caddie with his own blog site claimed this weekend that Korean players have been getting away with rules violations for years, causing some to accuse him of racism.

Golfers Post The Funniest Things...Carol Mann Facebook Edition**

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Stephanie Wei posts the public Facebook comments of Carol Mann, LPGA great and World Golf Hall of Fame ambassador who may not be voting for any non-Christian hall entrants anytime soon.

"It was like giving someone the death penalty on hearsay.”

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Jim Achenbach digs up more on the dreadful Duramed DQ of Sarah Brown and it paints an ugly picture considering that there was an on-site testing device (not used) and some silly on-course behavior from the rules official, who is identified in the story as Jim Linyard. I'd like to give Linyard the benefit of the doubt since this isn't exactly the big leagues of officiating work and there were inevitably issues with determining conforming clubs on a tour that only this month adopted the groove condition of competition, but it's hard to look past the events reported by Achenbach.
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