Archive for September, 2008

Sponsor State Farm asks LPGA to reconsider its "English proficiency" rule

Yazan: mulligan | 04 September 2008 | Comments Off on Sponsor State Farm asks LPGA to reconsider its "English proficiency" rule
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The criticism of the LPGA is mounting. A day after World No. 1 player Lorena Ochoa (a native of Mexico whose first language is Spanish) called the LPGA’s new “English proficiency” rule a bit “drastic,” one of the LPGA’s own sponsors, State Farm, has formally asked the LPGA to reconsider the entire rule itself. (More)This […]

World No.1 player Lorena Ochoa criticizes LPGA "English proficiency" test as "a little drastic"

Yazan: mulligan | 02 September 2008 | Comments Off on World No.1 player Lorena Ochoa criticizes LPGA "English proficiency" test as "a little drastic"
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Lorena Ochoa, a native of Mexico, wouldn’t say whether she thought the LPGA’s new rule requiring foreign born players to take an English proficiency test was discriminatory. But she did think was a little drastic. “That [discrimination] is a a very strong word. I wouldn’t want to use it. But I do think it is […]