To American to Golf?
American golfer Christina Kim is feeling the heat for being to American. Here is a translation provided by Joel:
In last year’s Pinx Cup tournament too, KLPGA criticism over Gim Chorong’s participation on the Korean representative team was strong, but after Gim Chorong’s teary-eyed appeal she was placed on the team.
Criticism from Korean fans rained down that Gim Chorong couldn’t possibly look more American than while during the recent Solheim Cup tournament she put the American flag on her golf shoes and arm bands and even went as far as to paint her face and did peculiar fist pumps and boisterous high fives.
People began to talk bad about her last year when right after being selected for the American representative team for the Solheim Cup, Gim Chorong said in an interview, “I am proud to be an American.â€
I agree with Joel that the easy solution to this is to not let Korean-American golfers participate in the tournament. If someone is considered to American for a tournament then the organizers should just invite native Koreans. That would solve the problem. However, that would mean Michelle Wie could not play in this tournament if she wanted to. I wonder what the organizers would do if she showed up with an American flag painted on her face?
