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Asian Lady Golfers -- What's Not To Like?

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Over on Sportsdot, they're discussing the rising presence of South Koreans in women's golf. From the original article:

3 years ago, 30 year old LPGA Veteran Jan Stephenson made headlines when she said "...“Asians are killing our tour. Absolutely killing it...The people who watch are predominantly male, and they won’t keep watching if the girls aren’t beautiful..."

Although Stephenson's comments were well received by South-African PGA golfer Bobby Lincoln, the LPGA distanced itself from the comments, pointing out that attendance and ratings were at an all time high.

So you can imagine how Stephenson feels today when the New York Times declares that South Korea is the face of the LPGA.


Source

  • http://www.sportsdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/06/1356216&mode=thread


Date

Thu 07/06/06, 5:28 am EST


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Anonymous Fanatic #1
1243 days ago
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2 words: Michelle Wie
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ThecrookedcapAll-Star
1243 days ago
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The only real gripe I think anyone can have with "Asians hurting the LPGA tour" is a language barrier, since many of the younger ones can't speak English (note: when I mean Asian, I'm only talking about Korean/Japanese natives). I have no problem with that (that's what translators are for), and if I recall correctly Se Ri Pak does speak English, so many of the younger golfers will learn it along the way. Ol' Jan was just being racist, but no one took her seriously.
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Anonymous Fanatic #2
1243 days ago
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Wow -- she said that 3 years ago? It's like a comment from 1950! What is it about the LPGA that brings out the bigots? I remember someone saying that Lesbians were ruining the LPGA, and also that women with big boobs were bad golfers. All of which is crazy, because I've paid money to see lesbian asians with big boobs -- and they weren't even playing golf!
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Sayhey-rodSoccer Kid
1243 days ago
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That was Ben Wright of cbs who saide lesbians will ruin the game, big boobs hinder the swing. http://sport.../wright.html
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
1243 days ago
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Clearly, he would know...
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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer
1243 days ago
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I just did a google image search for Jan Stephenson, and I think there's a few more million guys out there into asians than overly-tanned, wrinkly, middle-aged women. I'm not really into either, but I don't watch women's golf for reasons other than what the women look like. I don't watch it for the same reason I don't watch men's golf: watching golf is very, very dull.
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Anonymous Fanatic #3
1243 days ago
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Did anyone ever tune into the LPGA to see some hotties. Natalie Gulbis is the real deal. Other then that, the tour is a bunch of ugly lesbians, asian or not.
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ThecrookedcapAll-Star
1243 days ago
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Stephenson, in her day, was the Natalie Gulbis of the LPGA. That being the 1970s.
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Wtt02005Varsity
1243 days ago
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michelle wie. ha. You know, she's so young that anything she does is amazing. But in five more years, if she hasn't won anything, people are going to be like, "Oh, she was overhyped"
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Wtt02005Varsity
1243 days ago
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I think I would be considered a pedophile if I called Michelle Wie hot.
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