LPGAers Critical Of Golf Digest's Paulina Gretzky Cover

The LPGA's finest were reportedly peeved when Holly Sonders appeared on the cover of Golf Digest, but largely kept quiet. Not so this time, with Paulina Gretzky making the cover.

Randal Mell reports from Mission Hills:

“It’s frustrating for female golfers,” Lewis said. “It’s the state of where we’ve always been. We don’t get the respect for being the golfers we are. Obviously, Golf Digest is trying to sell magazines, but at the same time you like to see a little respect for the women’s game.”

And this from Juli Inkster:

“It’s frustrating because it’s Golf Digest, it’s not Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue,” Inkster told the New York Times before she teed off Thursday afternoon. “I think they should maybe recognize some of the great women golfers that we have. It’s like, what do you have to do to get a little respect? I’m guaranteeing you right now, it was not a woman editor who chose that cover.”

The NY Times' Karen Crouse, who initiated the questions Thursday at the Kraft Nabisco, also had this from Inkster:

Inkster said: “O.K., so I think next month the cover should be Paula Creamer’s fiancé, who’s a fighter pilot, or Brittany Lincicome’s hot boyfriend, who’s a long-drive hitter. Put one of them on there.”

In more pertinent Paulina news, fiance Dustin Johnson shot 80 and WD'd from the Shell Houston Open, reports Ryan Lavner. No reason was given. Johnson is considered strong contender for next week's Masters.