In a day when the LPGA is no longer the "Elite" women's golf tour on the planet,well except for the purses. It's becoming more and more obvious that they are moving from a quality golf tour to a glitz and glamor type tour. No longer do the beat players get the accolades (see Anika) but they go to the best looking players. I will use Natalie Gulbis as an example here. A mediocre type player who always turns in her best rounds on sunday when not in contention! Not in an effort to win mind you but to get into the top ten or 15. Like clock work you can count on Gulbis to shoot one poor and two ok rounds and then blister a 67 on sunday with no pressure on her. You can also count on the media making her out to be the greatest player since Patty Berg to ever set foot on a golf course. Who care about the fact that she could not even qualify to play in her own countries championship or that she was crushed by amateurs half her age trying to qualify. The reason, nobody wears shorter skirts or tighter shirts! Now you have players like Anna Rawson and Taylor Leon doing calendars, who are not elite player by any standard, commanding attention that should go to Shin and Miyazato and Ochoa.
Players Like Nicole Hage and Jeehae Lee who have no business playing in tournaments with Suzann Petterson and Brittany Lang are given status to do so regardless of how consistently poorly they play! No sir, I contend it's no longer about golf it's about sex and marketing. I find it sad and I guarantee you if you ask Beth Daniel (off the record of course)Nancy Lopez and especially Patty Sheehan, they will give you the very same answer. Nope the LPGA has lost it's integrity and when that happens in the golf world and your not John Daly you won't get a second chance.
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