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Article: LPGA Tour players weigh in on English-only policy
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- September 10, 2008
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South Korea's Se Ri Pak defended the LPGA Tour in the wake of its short-lived plan to suspend players who don't speak English well enough to satisfy sponsors, saying Wednesday that learning the language can benefit rising international stars.
Others at the Bell Micro Classic in Mobile, the first LPGA tournament since the controversy surfaced, also supported the goal of improving international players' English skills. But they disliked the idea of suspending non-English speakers _ which was proposed and then quickly shelved after a blast of criticism.
Stacy Lewis, an American trying to make the LPGA Tour, said she feels for foreign players under pressure to make an ...