I don't know if I like that term "Woman Golfer" or even "Lady Golfer". Aren't we who play the sport just that, golfers? I hope to think so. This should be an egalitarian sport, not one defined by a person's gender. In order to grow the sport, I think that attitudes have to change. Why am I kind of charged up about this? I saw a U-tube video. Attitudes men have toward women playing the game have to change.
I have to admit that the video was humorous. I did chuckle. It shows three guys sitting down in the posh members lounge in an obviously posh English Country Club. They are watching two quite curvaceous, good looking women play golf. Of course their golf outfits are quite brief, tight and low cut in the bodice. There were the natural snide remarks from the three gentlemen about the ladies, but then they hit some shots. The shots they hit were very good, one going into the cup from off the green. It was clear that these ladies could play the game.
My daughter plays golf, as does my wife. Both are very capable of playing from the men's tees and whipping anyone's butt. Both hit long and my daughter played on state championship teams in high school and junior college. My wife played competitive softball and can play any sport with the best of them. You ought to see her play poker. Believe me, they both don't mid beating up on lesser foes, be they male of female.
I had a family membership at a local golf course and would play often with my daughter. We picked up another twosome one Saturday afternoon and were ready to tee off. The twosome that joined us would play from the men's back tees and I would on occasion. I stepped up to the back tees as well, and the twosome teed off and then I teed off. My daughter kind of waited until we teed off and then I asked her which set of teed she would like to tee from. She said, "I'll go ahead and play the blues with you guys, if you don't mind."
She proceeded to go to the back tees with us. One of the guys in the twosome saw this and said,"Are you sure you want to do that, little lady?"
My daughter's response was, "Yes, I don't want to hold anything up."
"Are you sure?" was the sort of patronizing reply from the male golfer.
"I'll be OK." was my daughter's reply.
These two guys were fairly big hitters who would hit their drives about 240 yards. My daughter hit her drive and it sailed passed theirs about twenty yards. After she hit her drive, she just picked up her tee, smiled at them and returned to our cart. I still remember the looks on their faces as the ball flew passed their drives. They could have caught a swarm of flies with the way their jaws dropped. Needless to say, she waxed their tails when the scores were finally tallied at the end of the round.
Check out some of my U-tube videos on my website. I am very proud of them. Watch them and enjoy the courses which I hope you get to play some day. These are some great courses. Go to my website http://golfisforeveryonemd.com and take a look. There is much more on the site as well. In the meantime, hit 'em long and straight. And please, don't leave that birdie putt short.
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| Ho-hum, another 250 yard drive. I don't think I caught it all. My daughter, I'm proud of her. |
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