08/08/30 01:57:45
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Have your fellow Koreans to sponsor the tournament.
Ask your fellow LG, Hyundai and Samsung to sponsors the tournament.
it would help if its players spoke enough English to satisfy the tour's corporate clients who play in pro-ams and put up prize money,
as well as please its core of English-speaking fans.
There are other issues for the LPGA Tour to solve that appear equally daunting, such as having as many as six tournaments that may be without title sponsors.
How this message on speaking English was delivered didn't help appearances -- at a mandatory meeting of South Korean players at an LPGA event in Portland, Ore., last week.
The LPGA's new policy of requiring its members to be relatively fluent in English has been seen as targeted at the 45 Korean golfers on the tour.
But Se Ri Pak, the most accomplished Korean player on the tour, says she supports the LPGA's position.
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