Korean women good at golf, archery, probably good at handjobs.

Last week we were reminded why Korean women are such good golfers with a couple of cases of bad journalism. An excerpt from that glorious 2005 article again:

What enables South Korean lady golfers to be so formidable in the U.S. LPGA Tour? It is nothing less than the Koreans' talent to make things skillfully with their hands, a trait handed down from generation to generation for thousands years. Celadon in Koryo and the Yi dynasty are world famous for blue and white china in quality, and you know that pottery involves the same skills as playing golf.

Not to change the subject, South Koreans' special talent to make things skillfully with their hands is also believed to greatly contribute to their making almost a clean sweep of the World Skills Competition. By the same token, Koreans are good at various sports that are played chiefly with the hands: handball, archery and table tennis, to name a few.

Today our friend Wangkon at The Marmot's Hole brings us some gold from the world of archery, as told to Reuters.

World record holder Yoon [Ok-hee] said Korean women were dextrous due to heightened sensitivity in their fingers, making them more adept at "feel" sports such as archery.

That theory may also go some way to explaining why South Korea continues to produce an abundance of top-class women golfers.

"Our sensitive fingertips, descended from our ancestors, and our spiritual strength and willingness to fight until the very end -- they are the secrets," Yoon said.

Maybe it's nothing, maybe it was said for purely domestic consumption, or maybe American readers don't even notice lines like that, I dunno, but I certainly get sick of hearing that kind of talk. I'm not sure if my career in Korea will survive until the day when such bloodline-lust is out of fashion, but I hope other readers are turned off by it, too.

I know there's been some coverage of American, oh wait they did something good so they're now Korean men golfers doing well, too, but let's remember that Tiger Woods has been out with an injury, and probably would have won the tournaments he missed since the dark skin of brothers provides better protection from the heat.