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Different Strokes for Different Folks
Never mind coping with the vagaries of links golf over the world's most famous course, perhaps the biggest adjustment for the non-UK born players in the field here at St. Andrews is in dealing with the assembled press core. In every British media centre there are many agendas. Some journalists are there to cover the golf and the golfers. But there are others for whom the birdies and bogeys are secondary to the more salacious requirements of their respective sports desks.
Take page 15 in "The Sun" this morning. One day after the Times ran a piece on the sexual orientation of various LPGA Tour members, Britain's biggest-selling tabloid, not known for its deep interest in any or all things golfing, has pictures of six lady golfers in various stages of undress. Under the headlines, "All Eyes on Birdie Babes at the Open" and "Six Over Phwoar," Natalie Gulbis. Annika Sorenstam, Anna Rawson, Paula Creamer, Michelle Wie and Sophie Sandolo are shown. Two of them are even playing golf, albeit Sorenstam is wearing a bikini as she follows through.
Damn, I'm proud to be British. Not.
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