Upheaval in the World of Women’s Golf
From the Fairway, October 2008
With the July/August issue, Golf For Women ceased publication and more recently, its web site was incorporated into golfdigest.com. While editors cited a tough economic market, most women found it difficult to understand the failure. The only common agreement in the closing forums was that apparel advertisers were pretty off base with their $1000 outfits, not a typical investment for the average golfer.
Will Golf Digest fill the void? I’ve been receiving it for free for quite a while and I’ve been thinking I’d rather save the trees. Other than the recent addition of an Annika column, it’s missing the appeal of the women’s interest stories and women specific tips. The reaction among women has been overwhelmingly negative and I think we’ll see the emergence a dominant internet site that attempts to fill the void. Why would any advertiser for women’s products want to pay $45,000 for ads in a magazine subscribed to largely by men?
The LPGA announced it will require players to speak English starting in 2009, with players who have been LPGA members for two years facing suspension if they can’t pass an oral evaluation of English skills. There are 121 LPGA Tour international players, 20% of the total which includes 45 from South Korea, and 26 countries overall. After a huge backlash, about national origin discrimination, The LPGA withdrew the requirement.
In both of these cases, you have to wonder, how well did they think this through? Did they talk to the people it would affect and ask for their input? Was there another solution that would have resulted in greater unity and acceptance?
Just like getting out to vote, it’s important to get involved. If you see room for improvement at your golf club or favorite charity tournament- volunteer to help! You may be helping to prevent changes you never wanted.
From the Fairway is published in monthly in local South Florida news magazines and focuses on issues for working women who play golf.
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Try LPGA.COM. or PGA.com. They have merchandise for sale.
I'm not sure if you are asking about the pin sheets (location of the hole on the green for that round), or the yardage book (diagrams of each hole that are annotated with yardages).
The pin sheets are not generated until a few hours before the round begins- once the greenskeeper cuts the hole, the position of that hole is marked on a diagram of the green and given to the caddies prior to the round. The only way to get a copy of that sheet is to be at the event.
The yardage book is generally available online from the courses' website, or you can purchase them by mail.
If all else fails, you can go to google earth and zoom in on the course, plot yardages using the distance between points feature, and print out your own yardage book.
Beautiful video!
Maru Martinez is 5'1"!! Not sure who is shorter than that though. Hope that helps!
Yeah, I follow Men's and Women's golf as well. Natalie is hotter, but Paula has an all american cute face, IMO. Welcome to the tennis site, you ought to come and visit us more often.
They generally play from the red tees or "ladies tees" as your local course might call it. It all really depends on the course managers and the tournament if they feel they need to lengthen the course for players, they'd play from the intermediate tees. Generally in pro golf the ladies use the forward tees, while at a mens tournament at the same course, the men would use the back tees.
Great video!5*
Nice music and painting!