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LPGA won't suspend players over English-speaking requirement - Golf

Yellow Chair Sports found this 9/5/2008 on sports.espn.go.com

Under increasing criticism, the LPGA Tour on Friday backed off plans to suspend players who cannot speak English well enough to be understood at pro-ams, in interviews or in making acceptance speeches at tournaments. LPGA Tour commissioner Carolyn Bivens said she would have a revised plan by the end of the year that would not include suspensions, although fining non-English speakers remains an ...