by rachel
What you are trying to say isn't racist but it is very ignorant. First off you are essentializing Korean women/culture to say that they are cold and distant. Secondly, golf only in the last couple of years has become "entertaining". Go back in the 30s and you won't see fist-pumping and yells of excitement. Its all relative.

by JP
Fact: LPGA talent pool and competitivness is FAR less than the men's PGA TOUR.
Also coupled with the fact that no one seems to mention the genetic factors. Asians, or koreans in particular probably have one of the best hand-eye coordination, balance of power, speed, agility and endurance. Most american players or europeans players are either very powerful but very poor precision or very good precision but no endurance. That's why sports like ping pong, archery, ice skating, and now even baseball (Korea #1, Japan #2) are great sports for them. Just like why track and field / 100m is dominated by blacks, these sports will be and are already dominated by Koreans/asians.

by yuppie
Jessica's comments are SPOT ON, and I don't think Rachel understand sports marketing today. I happened to have studied sports marketing, by watching the likes of Steve Miller from Nike, among others. These guys turned sports like professional wrestling, NASCAR and even professional bowling into huge successes. If you listen to Miller, you'll learn that sports are now marketing its players as characters. You have the clean cut guy, the bad boy, and so on and so on. Both the PGA and the LPGA does NOT market its sports like NASCAR, and that is the major problem. The PGA TOUR is lucky to have Tiger and Sergio. The LPGA has a huge problem in that the Koreans have NOTHING to give in personality. Americans want personalities and great stories about them. I work both the Fields Open and the SBS Open, and from my experience, these Korean players is as entertaining as looking at a abstract piece of art - you see them, but you just can't understand them. Mark my words - the LPGA will continue in a decline until someone there can re-market the product to appeal more towards Americans.

by cindy
I totally get what you're saying and no it's not racist, etc. It's just a difference between east and west. In eastern culture, it's not polite to brag or joke around when you're "working". Even if it's golf, you are representing your parents. That's a big thing in Korea, whatever you do/say/act, it's a reflection of your upbringing. If you try to be all cute or charming, it can be seen as big-headed and show-offy. That's why Michelle Wie is considered a bit "scandalous"...her clothes and swagger can be misinterpreted.
Hey,it gets hot as anything out there on the course so I understand her tank top! But to Koreans in Korea, it can be too showy and showy=sexy=loose morals=bad family...that's usually the formula :P
Keep your head down and work hard, succeed, that's the Korean way.

by Jimin
Jessica Lipz - you're stupid.

by Jonathan Bates
Jessica, your comments highlight not that you are xenophobic but that you merely want to be entertained. If Kerr, Creamer, Inster, Davies and Pressel were only sub-par players would you really want to watch their golf game on TV just because they are full of personality? What does this do for the sport of women's golf?. If that is what you, your husband and friends enjoy then maybe you guys would enjoy it more if the LPGA was played out in bikinis. These Korean women are here because, as Clint Chang pointed out, and rightly so, that the talent pool was ripe for such an "invasion". If the talent in the LPGA never gets better but only becomes more entertaining because the women are showing more personality, then the LPGA will never be a respected sport but merely an entertaining sideshow of the PGA. You want more Kerr, Creamer, Inkster, Davies and Pressel as opposed to Kim, Park, Lee, Chang, and the Choi's? Maybe they should entertain less and improve their golfing ability. In the end, nobody wants to watch sub-par athletes just because he/she is fun to be around. We want GREAT golf. Besides, whom one animate themselves to be on TV might not be who they are. Did you ever think of that possibility? That in the face of lack of talent and skill, they yuk it up for TV? As if you are ever really going to "know" these players because of some emotional outburst or a witty response to an interview or an endearing soundbite. The TV audience is not so shallow as you make us out to be. Why would you mention Jan Stephenson who is credited with the follow: "We have to promote sex appeal. It's a fact of life. The people who watch are predominantly male, and they won't keep watching if the girls aren't beautiful" ??? I believe you merely want to be entertained and not ever be inspired by the sport that the LPGA provides female athletes. It is not just a game to these women that actually compete at this top level.

by sangmanhahn
Your comment sounds a little racist but what you said is probably true. . When unknown personalities dominate, viewers lose interest...

by Angela
A quota on different races on the LPGA? If that isn't a xenophobic remark, I don't know what is. Thanks for taking the great American ideals like freedom and liberty back to the pre-civil rights era Jessica Lipz.
Also, very general, stereotypical remarks made about Korean parents.

by RCH
Teach American girls how to play golf better. Otherwise, the USA needs more waitresses and bartenders....

by Jimin
RCH - I agree!!!! You made me laugh.