| Seoul sisters: Can American women golfers challenge Koreans in professional golf? |
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I write this as I watch the televised women's tennis finals from Wimbledon. It is a proud day for the Williams family and for American tennis fans who may have begun to wonder if the country's competitiveness in the sport was gone forever. Quick, name the last men's tennis player from the U.S. whose name isn't Sampras to have won Wimbledon*. American's women's golf is in an even more precarious competitive position. Mexico's Lorena Ochoa owned the first half of the ladies professional golf tour. Now American women's professional golf is in a precarious competitive position. In the near term, perhaps Paula Creamer (she of the perfectly color coordinated outfits and golf gear) or Kristie Kerr or some other American player will emerge from the pack and reenergize American women's golf. But to this observer, they don't appear as relentlessly focused as the Parks and Kims who are in contention every tournament. In a couple of weeks, the U.S. Junior Girls Championship will be played at the Hartford Golf Club, about 15 minutes from my Connecticut home. Maybe a female Tiger Woods is lurking in the under 18 crowd. I'll be watching. * Andre Agassi, 1992
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