LPGA Confidential Survey: Players speak up about inequality

LPGA Confidential Survey: Players speak up about inequalityIn our anonymous survey, not a single LPGA Tour player said she would skip the U.S. Women's Open because it was being held at President Donald Trump's course in Bedminster, New Jersey. Stacy Revere/Getty ImagesFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerEmailcommentJul 10, 2017Anna Katherine ClemmonsCloseAnna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine.FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailprintcommentWe asked 49 LPGA Tour players nine questions that they answered anonymously earlier this year. Their responses elicited some intriguing replies about varying topics in women's golf.
Some queries had yes or no answers, while others required deeper thought. In one case, we looked for one rule they would change, and some pros came back with how there were simply too many “stupid” rules to choose from.
So here's how many, but not all, LPGA players feel about the state of their tour, how to fix i..

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‘Absolutely no reason why an Indian can’t win’

'Absolutely no reason why an Indian can't win'EPA/TONY MCDONOUGHFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerEmailcommentJul 6, 2017Debayan SenSenior Assistant Editor CloseFollow on TwitterFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailprintcommentA day before his British Open qualifiers at The Marquess' Course, Woburn on Tuesday, Shiv Kapur was involved in what he calls “a bit of an accident” that left him unsure of participation in the two-round qualification the following day.
“I was in the parking lot when I got hit by a car, and while it wasn't something major, I hurt my back as a result,” he says, speaking from home in Delhi, where he intends to spend a week with family before heading out for the Royal Birkdale Golf Club next week. “For a while, I wasn't sure about how I would hold up, and had to take painkillers to get going the next day.”
Editor's PicksHow Shiv Kapur got his mojo backGolfer Shiv Kapur, who last week won his first Asian tour title in 12 ye..

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