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Stupid new rules introduced by the LPGA Tour will require the world's top females to speak English from 2009. It's all to do with players being able to interact with fans and sponsors, apparently. If a player fails the oral evaluation, she'll be suspended until the LPGA bigwigs feel she's met the criteria.

The ladies seem to be cool with it all, but we're not happy here at IGWT. Hasn't the LPGA Tour heard of discrimination, or racism for that matter? It's only a matter of time before those lawyers are on the case.

Imagine if Loren Ochoa couldn't actually speak English? 'Screw you guys, I'm going to play on another tour,' she'd say. We'll see how big your policy is without the world's best golfer...

If players have to speak English when playing in the States, it seems only fair that the likes of Gulbis and Creamer start brushing up on their Japanese, Korean and Mandarin for when they play abroad.

We'd love to see Gulbs get her head around Kenzaburō Ōe's 'Warera no kyoki o ikinobiru michi o oshieyo.'