Anna Rawson: LPGA No Longer Full of 'D*kes, Unattractive Females'

Anna Rawson is a lot of things: runway model, professional golfer, writer, and now, golf historian. During a recent appearance on an Adelaide radio station, the 27-year-old Aussie offered her thoughts on how the LPGA has evolved over the last quarter-century.

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Golfer Anna Rawson arrives at the 2007 ESPY Awards at the Kodak Theatre on July 11, 2007 in Hollywood, California.

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Anna Rawson is one of the rising stars in women's golf. With a top-20 performance at Q-school, the Australian golfer and model qualified for a full-time LPGA Tour card in 2009.

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Model/golfer Anna Rawson arrives at the "Celebrate Like Royalty" party and ANKH fashion show held at Boulevard 3 on February 27, 2008 in Hollywood, California.

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Anna Rawson of Australia plays her third shot on the ninth hole during the ANZ Ladies Masters Pro-Am held on February 23, 2005 at the Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast, Australia.

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Rawson got her break into a modeling career at age 16, when she was a finalist in the Australian "Dolly" Magazine cover contest. Her interest in fashion led her to become the spokeswoman and assistant creative director for the J. Lindeberg women's golf line.

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Model/golfer Anna Rawson attends the Arthur Mendonca 2008 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2008 at Exit Art on February 7, 2008 in New York City.

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Anna Rawson of Australia looks on during the first round of the Kapalua LPGA Classic on October 16, 2008 at the Bay Course in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii.

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Professional golfer Anna Rawson arrives at the 9th annual American Film Institute Golf Classic at he Trump National Golf Club September 25, 2006 in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

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Professional golfer Anna Rawson steers the golf cart at the 9th annual American Film Institute Golf Classic at he Trump National Golf Club September 25, 2006 in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

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Anna Rawson of Australia smiles as she walks off the 14th green during the first round of the LPGA Corning Classic at Corning Country Club on May 22, 2008 in Corning, NY.

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More From FanHouse: ALPG Chief Blasts Rawson Over Remark

"The tour has got so much better with so many young stars and great players," Rawson told the radio station in an interview arranged by her father Jim.

"But the mentality unfortunately amongst the media and the industry hasn't changed. They still think we're at 25 years ago when the tour was full of, you know, a lot of dykes and unattractive females nobody wanted to watch."

It's like I'm reading Howard Zinn.

So, yeah ... um, Rawson is trying to say that the LPGA is straighter and comelier than it was in 1987? Okey doke, duly noted. This isn't the first time she's commented publicly on such matters. Last year, Rawson told Men's Health that "I have penis envy ... I could never be with a woman, because I'm just fascinated by what men can do with their bodies that we can't."

Interestingly, David Schipper, who wrote Men's Health the piece, adds, "... She says this loudly, as if she's often asked about the lesbian subculture that exists in her line of work-professional golf." You think?

When I mentioned Rawson's most recent comments to Shane Bacon, he responded with, "Nice career move, Anna."

But here's the thing: Rawson doesn't have a career, really. She's a model who happens to be a pretty good golfer. Not great, but good enough to make a few bucks off her notoriety. Notoriety, by the way, that has everything to do with how she looks, regardless of how many cuts she misses. And unlike Michelle Wie, who has the potential to dominate the sport, nobody expects Rawson to be anything more than what she is: a novelty.

For what it's worth -- and I suspect not much -- Rawson has since apologized for her remarks. "I hope I haven't offended anybody. I didn't mean to do that. I was talking about what I'd heard about the game 25 years ago. I was only two years old at the time." And everybody lived happily ever after.

Except Will Brinson, who would like another interview.