PGA Tour Stars That Don't Speak English Very Well Aren't Happy About LPGA Policy

It appears that the only people that aren't complaining mercifully about the new LPGA English-only policy are the actual LPGA players. Yesterday at the Dutsche Bank Championshis, some of the not so fluent PGA Tour stars tossed their two, three and four cents in about this ridiculous situation.

Angel Cabrera, who after his 2007 U.S. Open victory communicated mostly with an intepreter, made just about the best point of anyone so far on what he thinks of the this rule.

``You don't have to speak English to play golf,'' Cabrera said Thursday in Spanish, joining a chorus of male players perplexed by the LPGA Tour's decision to be punish women golfers for not speaking English in pro-ams, trophy presentations and media interviews.

Cabrera and K.J. Choi are probably the two best examples of elite golfers who struggle with the "ands" and "buts." Choi, a Korean golfer who is currently 11th on the FedEx Cup points list, said he thinks learning the language is good but the consequences are a little harsh.

``It is a difficult situation,'' Choi said in English. ``It is good for them to help players learn English. When I learned English, I became a better player. But to suspend them? I don't think so.''

And if the PGA Tour had a policy like that in 2000?

``I would have had to go home,'' Choi said.

I'm pretty sure this is going to need reworking. No way should you just spring this on people and expect them to be ready to go in a year. I know extremely smart people that have tried to learn languages like Japanese and Korean and a year gets them just past "Arigatou gozaimasu."

I heard the LPGA's next step is to force Chinatowns all across the country to only sell chicken Burritos (with extra Guacamole).