"Why isn't she in the hall of fame?"
/That's the question John Strege asks as the amazing 47-year-old Laura Davies won again over the weekend, yet sits outside the hall of fame walls while George Bush is going in.
Read MoreWhen you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
"The South Korean players became more shy after a profile of Kyeong Bae in a Canadian newspaper this summer in which she referred to the cartoon character SpongeBob Square Pants as 'Spongie Bob.'"
/Karen Crouse introduces us to the LPGA "language labs" and the issues arising in trying to Americanize teach English to non-Americans.
Read More"The LPGA’s desire to return to La Costa likely hinges on how successful the L.A. tournament is next year."
/Tod Leonard reports on La Costa's Steve Pate-Daminan Pascuzzo renovation causing the move of the KIA event to Industry Hills and says a return to San Diego depends on the success of the LPGA stop in Industry.
Not to worry San Diego, they'll be begging their way back!
Quite Possibly The World's Worst 36-Hole Complex Lands LPGA Event**
/They played here once, the women hated it, so they return again and this time add the vile Babe Zaharias course to the tournament's first two rounds, with the conclusion once again on the wretched Eisenhower 18. And that was when the resort had the wonderful Ralph Miller Golf Library, which has since been closed, so we are talking about a place with zero golf karma.
Read More"Rawson didn't have an organization like this when she was young, but she had golf."
/Nice work by Jill Painter to reveal a side of Anna Rawson few know about and how Rawson is giving back to a cause that is particularly fitting in light of the Erica Blasberg case.
Read More"Ms. Evans declined to comment."
/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.
Read More“While we don’t want to necessarily position the LPGA as a lower-cost model, there is a good value story to tell."
/SBJ's Michael Smith tells us about the LPGA's sponsor summit hosted by Commissioner Mike Whan and chief marketer" Jon Podany, who has a new use for the V-word I've never seen before.
Read More"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."
/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.
Read More"I know the Rules of Golf. What [Ahn] did was not right.
/Ryan Ballengee finds the mysteriously missing caddie for Shi Hyan Ahn. Tim Hegna tells a very different story than the one peddled by Ahn's agent and LPGA officials.
Read More“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.
“When did (the players) know?”
/Beth Ann Baldry tries to clarify the events surrounding last Thursday's LPGA DQ and it sounds complicated.
LPGA Launching Probe Into Canada Saga
/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.
"Did you notice that Shi Hyun Ahn and Ilmi Chung were disqualified?"
/Looper and blogger Larry Smich says he's been called a racist for detailing cheating by Korean LPGA Tour players, but that didn't stop him from reporting what he heard about Thursday's DQ of Shi Hyun Ahn and Ilmi Chun.
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