No english no play

Who gives a flying *fudge* if the winner can't give an interview in English in the 15 seconds they usually allot for the post tournament interview? Personally, I'd rather not hear English being spoken AT ALL by those with only a minimal amount of competency. I have a lot of respect for the players that do attempt to speak English in their interviews, but usually it makes me cringe, and I feel bad for them for being pressured into doing something they're not comfortable with. It doesn't help when the dumbass interviewers rarely, if ever, take into consideration the English skills of the interviewee.

Most tournaments on the LPGA Tour -- and the PGA Tour as well -- exist because they are run by local nonprofit organizations that set up the infrastructures for the events. The biggest part of the bottom line comes from the pre-tournament pro-am, which allows amateurs to get inside the ropes the day before the event and play a round of golf with the pros.

For some, it is a harrowing experience, but it also is memorable and enlightening. During 18 holes, you get to not only play on a nice golf course, but also interact with the players. Annika Sorenstam might tell a story about Tiger Woods. Juli Inkster might give you a few putting tips. Laura Davies might even hang around afterward and tip back a pint.

But the outing is not nearly as enjoyable if the pros cannot speak to the amateurs, who are paying thousands of dollars for the experience. Just like in any business, the LPGA wants its customers to be happy.

If I paid thousands of dollars to play in a pro-am I'd like to play with Harrington, and nobody can understand a word that *fudge*er says.

He's Irish for *fudge*s sake!

It's not because you're an arrogant bunch, every country hates you for different reason, unlike the French who are universally hated because they're French.

We just hate you for giving us TV shows such as "The Golden Girls", "Growing Pains" and "Ugly Betty"

Padraig Harrington, who has won the last two majors, wondered if the LPGA Tour is taking on too much. Like others, he wants to know how much English a player is supposed to learn to be "effective."

"Surely if you can say, 'Hello,' that's English. Is that good enough?" he said. "Who draws the line about how many words you've got to know in English? What if you have a person who genuinely struggles with learning a new language; they have a learning disability? That's tough to ask somebody with a learning disability, who might have found golf as the saving grace in their life, to ask them to learn a different language or else you can't play.

"There's a lot of different issues to that," he said. "It's a big step to actually put it out there."