ALPG Chief: Anna Rawson 'Needs to Think Before She Opens Her Mouth'

Last we heard from Anna Rawson, she was waxing historical on an Australian radio station, explaining to the laypeople how far women's professional golf has come in the last quarter-century. Specifically, how the "tour has got so much better with so many young stars and great players," even though "the mentality unfortunately amongst the media and the industry hasn't changed."

And to prove her point, Rawson pointed out that the media 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.'' If only English was Rawson's first language we could've avoided the cultural misunderstanding. Oh, wait.

Whatever, Rawson has since apologized but Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG) chief executive Warren Sevil who, according to FOXSports Australia, "... sat through her media grilling after which she burst into tears," seemed quite content to watch Rawson take a public flogging.

"She was not misunderstood. She said it,'' Sevil said later. "She did not preface her statement with it being the opinion of society so it had to be perceived as her comment. ... From my perspective it's disappointing because she made those comments. I took them being about the Australian media and Australian golf industry.''

"What went on in the media centre had to happen because she has been outspoken in the past and maybe she needs to think before she opens her mouth,'' he said. ...No doubt the issue has been the perception in the past.

"But if she is going to make such a comment, she needs to be clear in her wording that it's not taken the way it was.''

If the goal here is to teach Rawson a lesson, well, mission accomplished.

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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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