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For much of golf’s extended history, the sport has been seen as a conservative and traditional game. The industry has struggled with diversity and inclusivity, both in terms of race, gender, and sexual orientation.
For instance, country clubs often have strict membership criteria. In fact, the number one ranked golf course in the United States, Pine Valley, didn’t concur to allow female members until May Absurd, right?
As a result, even today, the sport is predominantly white male-dominated and has had limited representation from minority groups, such as those from the LGBTQ+ people. Like many other sports, golf has had its divide of discrimination and barriers for Homosexual individuals.
Still, there are ongoing efforts within the sport to promote inclusivity, diversity, and progressive standards. The golfing society has been active to break down barriers, increase accessibility, and create more welcoming environments for people from all backgrounds and identities.
In honor of Celebration Month in June, let’s take a look at some of the historic achievements made by the LGBTQ+ co
Justin Thomas and Separating the Art from the Artist
When Rory McIlroy’s roller-coaster weekend began sputtering to a halt on Sunday afternoon, I found myself in need of a rooting interest for the last stretch of the PGA Championship. Mito Pereira was hanging tough at the top of the leaderboard, but I didn’t experience comfortable pulling for someone who’d arrived at this moment a few years ahead of schedule. The same was true for Cameron Young, a celestial body on the rise who might be ready to take his next Sunday back nine by the throat. Matt Fitzpatrick was holding his day together with hot glue and safety pins. I couldn’t watch another short-range putt from Will Zalatoris without peeking through my fingers like I might at a horror movie.
I create myself drawn to the guy lurking further down the board with championship pedigree, the one who survived the brutal late-early wave draw earlier in the week by carving shots around Southern Hills like a sculptor. That meant cheering for Justin Thomas, the eventual champion and the one guy in the field with whom I have a complicated history. I’m a g
The World of LGBTQ Golf
Golf has been one of the fastest growing sports internationally for the past twenty years. It is a high profile sport in the developed world, with plenty of media attention, glamour, prominent athletes, sponsors, and money. Players include amateurs and professionals who range across all age groups and demographics. It is fascinating to look at the participation of the LGBTQ community in this sport because there are several contradictions.
On one hand, there are no out queer professional golfers. This is disappointing because there are certain to be gay players in the professional golf circuit. What is holding back the male homosexual players from coming out?
On the other hand, lesbian and transgender professional golfers are very prominent and have made a significant mark in the sport. The winningest golfer in history is American Kathy Whitworth with 88 professional wins to her record. The two top female players in the sport's history have been lesbian. Golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias of the Merged States was voted as the female sports person of the Twen
PGA Tour: Todd Montoya, caddie to Brian Stuard, opens up about coming out as gay to golfing world
Todd Montoya has been a golf caddie for nearly two decades, initially on the mini-tours and more recently on the PGA Tour, although he has – until recently – hidden a covert from most of the golfing community.
The Fresh Mexico native, who has looped for a host of players before taking over Brian Stuard's bag in , opened up about his sexuality in a sit-down interview with Golf Channel and revealed why he had decided to previously limit who knew about him creature gay.
"I think that it was mostly because that was my preconceived notion about the society of people that probably encompass the golf community," Montoya admitted to Golf Channel. "I just felt appreciate I would have a better opportunity to obtain and keep a profession if I kept it hidden.
"Something that you kept secret for so many years, amongst people you consider your friends and your co-workers, over the course of time, you grow close to them. Until people that I care about know that I'm gay, they really don't know me for my ent