Too bad.  I was actually on board with the initiative.

Critics said the policy was discriminatory, especially against
Asians.

And I say that's nonsense.

If
people want to come to the United States and better themselves, it's
not too much to ask them to have a certain mastery of English. The
LPGA wasn't angling to turn the players into Shakespearean scholars,
or even to learn enough English to post on internet message boards.
It's not the least bit unreasonable for the LPGA to demand its tour
members to understand enough English to show some common courtesy.

If a non-English-speaking international player wants to parachute
in for an occasional event, fine. There's no more need to require
that player to learn English than it is to have Tiger Woods learn a
new language before the spends one week in Dubai. But with the
privileges of membership in the LPGA should come the responsibility
of learning the language.

Part of the job, after all, is promoting the tour and mingling
with sponsors. It's a small, small way of giving back for all the
opportunities available to them.

The LPGA wanted to give the players a two-year window to become
proficient enough at English. All the LPGA was asking was for
players to learn enough to chit-chat with pro-am partners and
sponsors, convey basic thoughts to the media, help promote the tour
a bit.   Unfair?  Really, it's the least the LPGA could ask. And should ask."

1)Obviously if you want to make money or “reap
the benefits” from Americans, you need to speak their language.

2)I still remembered that in 1985 U.S. Open, T.
C. Chen, a golfer from Taiwan, ahead by 4 strokes in final round,
lost to Andy North, the eventual champion by just one stroke.  After
the event, when asked why he couldn't continue to keep the 4-stroke
lead, Chen replied: “I was too nervous because I was worried a lot
that I don't know how to express how I feel in English to American
news reporters if winning this major tournament.”   So, instead of his driving or putting skills, his English deficiency cost T.C.'s U.S. Open championship in
1985.

3)Although the LPGA backed down, the language
problem will continue to bother Asian athletes playing professional
sports(both team sports such as basketball and baseball and individual sports such as tennis and golf) in America.   Without the ability to speak “their language”
well, Asian athletes including Wang Chien-Ming would have difficulty
becoming a true superstar with a lot of lucrative advertising endorsements regardless of how great they are.   It's not fair, but it's a reality all Asian athletes must face and accept.