Good move on the LPGA's part. You can't punish someone because English is not their first language and the majority of the tounaments will be in an English speaking country - especially since the majority of the best palyers in the LPGA at the moment happen to be Korean women, who I doubt speak 100% good English. Yes, if they can it does make them more marketable in the USA, wich is where, for the sake of the LPGA, they need to be marketable. But if you really care taht much, maybe implement some program to help them learn better English for their own good. What makes a sport more popular and marketable is the marquee players of the game, and as said, the majority of the marquedd players on the LPGA at this time are Korean. Other than Michelle Wie and a couple of others, I don't think I could name any other American women golfers, but know the names of several Korean golfers. Unfortunately the LPGA will probably always take a back seat the the PGA, because it is ingrained in our minds that women's sports is just not as good or interesting as women's - It is not necessarily  true, but it is true in that it is the way most people think. I am glad they repealed this rule. It would have hurt the game. But I can understand what they were trying to do with it and I think they had good intentions, but they realized it was not a good thing and canned it.