Blog: Local Knowledge
- LPGA: Cleaning up after Bivens
- Suddenly the future looks somewhat better for the LPGA, which had been hemorrhaging tournaments before commissioner Carolyn Bivens resigned under pressure on July 13. Last week, Wegmans announced that it would continue its long-running sponsorship...
Blog: Local Knowledge
- The best thing to happen to the LPGA in 2009
- News that the ShopRite Classic is returning to the LPGA schedule in 2010 is a reminder that Michelle Wie's victory in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational on Sunday doesn't necessarily have a lock on the best...
Blog: Editors' Blog
- LPGA Revolt
- Ron Sirak's coverage of the revolt against its Commissioner Carolyn Bivens has peaked your interest in things LPGA. John Slike offers a solution to its woes. Dear Editor, I have read with interest the letter...
Blog: Editors' Blog
- Meanwhile, in Daytona Beach
- In addition to letters about "excessive" coverage of Tiger Woods (letters we expect to will multiply after today's Players coverage) another consistent theme is, "What about the LPGA?" We got this email yesterday: Dear Editor,...
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- LPGA English Policy: One more word
- Gene Balfour of Woodburn, Oregon, writes to defend Commissioner Carolyn Bivens and her now-reversed policy to impose penalties on players who do not achieve a rudimentary level of English. He takes exception to comments by...
Blog: Editors' Blog
- LPGA English Policy: The final word?
- Larry Underkoffler of Kennesaw, Georgia, may have provided the final word on the LPGA English-language controversy: This policy was a classic bone-head decision often attributed to WASP males. When Ms. Bivens recanted, it became a...
Blog: Golf Digest Woman
- A Sad Reality
- The LPGA is reportedly getting closer to picking a new commissioner, and chances are good there will be a permanent leader in place in time for the Tour Championship in November. The short list of candidates...
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- The LPGA's English Policy
- For the many of you who were interested in and commented upon LPGA Commissioner Carolyn Bivens' controversial policy requiring foreign players to learn English, Karen Crouse's story in Sunday's New York Times is a...
Blog: Editors' Blog
- LPGA English Policy: No More
- A letter from Golf World reader Dean Toriello of Grand Rapids, Michigan, landed a few hours before the LPGA reversed its new English-language policy and a few hours after State Farm Insurance, an LPGA sponsor,...
Blog: Editors' Blog
- LPGA English Policy: Responding to Bivens
- Michael Suvalle of Framingham, Mass., is the latest to address the LPGA's new English-language policy. He takes on Bivens' statements in Golf World this week: Carolyn Biven's explanation to Golf World regarding the recently announced...
Blog: Editors' Blog
- LPGA English Policy: More Letters
- The LPGA English-language policy continues to be a hot topic with media and our readers alike. Here are two of the latest letters, both supporting Commissioner Carolyn Bivens: At the risk of being labled a...
Blog: Local Knowledge
- Layoffs At LPGA Headquarters
- The recession reached into LPGA headquarters Wednesday when the cash-strapped tour eliminated the deputy commissioner position and laid off seven other staffers, according to sources familiar with the situation. The only eliminated position confirmed by...
