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LPGA backs down on English requirement

AP - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

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.

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    MEXICO CITY - Lorena Ochoa of Mexico says a new LPGA Tour policy requiring players to be effective in English starting in 2009 is a "little drastic."

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  • LPGA's English-only policy draws criticism AP - Thu Aug 28, 6:24 PM ET

    NORTON, Mass. - Imagine what could have happened to Angel Cabrera if he belonged to a tour that required its players to speak English.

  • US golfer Tiger Woods unveils his ambitious project, touted as the first course in the world designed by the 2008 U.S. Open champion, a work in progress on the outskirts of this Middle Eastern boomtown, to the media, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. Woods is already the world's top-ranked golfer and highest paid athlete and if all goes according to plan, he'll soon be sporting his biggest trophy yet: a luxury golf course hewn from the sands of the Arabian desert. (AP Photo/Aziz Shah)
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