The AP's Tim Dahlberg had a bit of a revelation the other day - pro golf can be awfully boring.  I'm not sure that this is headline news to anyone, but in light of recent events in golf, Dahlberg decided to take some shots off the bow.

My favorite part, though, is at the end.  He talks some about the LPGA English fiasco, which I won't rehash here.  Instead - after the jump - I want to talk about the part where he compares English-deficient players (less than a dozen according to a report I read) on the LPGA Tour to uninteresting players on both the PGA and LPGA Tours.

Here's a suggestion: Instead of forcing your players to speak English, force them to at least fake having a personality. Is there any difference between South Koreans who can't speak English and some of the best players on the LPGA Tour (Cristie Kerr comes to mind) who are so into themselves they don't say anything at all?

The PGA Tour is also filled with players just like that, which hasn't been a problem in recent times because Woods has been such a dominant personality. But with his knee problems, the increasing likelihood now is that he's closer to the end of his career than the beginning, and other players are going to have to step up to make fans care.

Right now they don't, and a few English lessons and well-placed mirrors aren't going to change that.

No matter what, golf relies on personalities. The greatest golf personalities had some of the most tenuous grasps of the language that I can remember. Chi Chi barely could speak English. Trevino almost tried to be impossible to discern. And there are others down the line over the years.

I am firmly convinced that the language of golf does more to win fans over than anything they might read in a game story.  Frankly, they reveal nothing except cliches that VIP fans were treated to viewing in a Execution Chamber styled one-way mirror at Bellerive. 

Players become the stuff of legend by what they DO on the course, not as much what they SAY off of it.  In some cases, they are known for what they do off of the course as well, like Lorena Ochoa and Mi Hyun Kim.  And there certainly are some who are remembered more for running their mouths than playing, such as Rory Sabbatini.  Hunter Mahan may join that list if he isn't on the game at Valhalla.