Attitude Towards Womens Golf

[Doon frae Troon]

I think one of the problems 'the lads' on here have is that they have never played with a good female player
I worked with a group of good teenage female golfers in the 1990's.
I would play with them on practice rounds on courses that they would later play national championships.
The attitude to the girls from the club members was amusing to watch.
Very much backs up, what on earth are these girls doing here from car park to clubhouse.
Then when they saw them play they found it difficult to close thier jaws.

 

[JustOne]

I hit the ball a decent way but when I play courses whose only challenge is length and impossible to get on a Par 4 with my Sunday best drive and 5 wood then it's no fun

Isn't that what 98% of all male golfers face when playing off the whites?

Welcome to our world!

 

[Matty]

I just commented on the Womens Open post and to precis what I said there, Womens sport is not as good to watch as mens. I don't see how anyone can argue any differently.

I must be very stupid, old and out of touch I suppose. To educate me, can someone explain what I am missing? If mens golf is second best to ladies then why does The Open dwarf the ladies event? If the ladies is so good, why are there no broadcasters clamouring to show it?

The answer is market forces. It is not a valuable product. It is just not as good.

I've been, in person to the Men's Open and the Women's open this year. I think both were a marvel with advantages and disadvantages as follows:

Men's Open:
Lot's of household names
Stunning ability in hitting the ball for miles
BUT:
Far too busy on the course - 4 or 5 people deep even down the side of a mid-course fairway so you don't see much

Women's Open
Great display of controlled golf, playing the course not over-powering it.
Loads of room to get much closer to the players and watch exactly what they are doing.
I'm not exaggerating to say on some of the tee you could literally have touched the player if you wanted to get thrown off the course!
BUT:
Clearly not as mainstream popular as the men's game - fewer people attending and less TV coverage.
(This makes it no less entertaining though IMO)

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

There has been quite a few poor comments made about womens golf lately
I find this all a bit sad as I thought we were moving on a bit from the dark old days.

I love women dearly, that said I enjoy the company of other men whilst on the golf course, I have played a limited number of times with and against women but for me the same level of enjoyment is simply not there, its a personal thing but I prefer men's golf

In respect of watching women's golf on the television again as I have a choice I would rather watch the men play, I do not see this as anti women rather it's pro the men and the men's game.

 

[richart]

I like watching some of the womens golf, especially the majors in the US. Certainly more entertaining than watching the Europro tour. The Solheim Cup was also great viewing.

 

[richart]

That said I also lost one to a bloke old enough to be my dad off the same tees

That was embarrassing wasn't it Junior.:rofl:

 

[User20205]

to be fair he was in good nick for his age ! I'm not proud I'll lose a longest drive to anyone

 

[pendodave]

The peculiar thing is, in earlier times (early 20th century) I get the impression that golf was a more mixed game. Maybe it was because it was mainly for the upper classes and so both sexes had an awful lot of spare time on their hands.

Mind you, the impression is generated mainly by references in popular fiction - many of the decent golfers in wodehouse's golfing short stories are women, and it is depicted as perfectly normal to play mixed games. Even one of the supporting characters in 'The Great Gatsby' is an accomplished golfer (albeit one with a bit of leather wedge history). Hard to think of too many female golfing leads in the modern literary canon...

Many of the posters designed to promote holidaying near golf courses produced by the railway companies from early in the 20th century also depict it as a mixed game (see below)

Odd that as female emancipation in general has progressed, female golfers have become ghetoised.

 

[thecraw]

I think one of the problems 'the lads' on here have is that they have never played with a good female player
I worked with a group of good teenage female golfers in the 1990's.
I would play with them on practice rounds on courses that they would later play national championships.
The attitude to the girls from the club members was amusing to watch.
Very much backs up, what on earth are these girls doing here from car park to clubhouse.
Then when they saw them play they found it difficult to close thier jaws.

As I said earlier on in this thread I played with an ex- Curtis Cup player on Saturday and it was a joy to be in the same game.

 

[GreiginFife]

As I said earlier on in this thread I played with an ex- Curtis Cup player on Saturday and it was a joy to be in the same game.

I get a beating off the wife every time I play her, doesn't make me angry or hate the women's game (sure, it makes me hate MY game) but it's just down to being beaten by a better player no matter what gender.

 

[Heidi]

The peculiar thing is, in earlier times (early 20th century) I get the impression that golf was a more mixed game. Maybe it was because it was mainly for the upper classes and so both sexes had an awful lot of spare time on their hands.

Mind you, the impression is generated mainly by references in popular fiction - many of the decent golfers in wodehouse's golfing short stories are women, and it is depicted as perfectly normal to play mixed games. Even one of the supporting characters in 'The Great Gatsby' is an accomplished golfer (albeit one with a bit of leather wedge history). Hard to think of too many female golfing leads in the modern literary canon...

Many of the posters designed to promote holidaying near golf courses produced by the railway companies from early in the 20th century also depict it as a mixed game (see below)

Odd that as female emancipation in general has progressed, female golfers have become ghetoised.

Lovet he pics! no underarmour in sight - and look at the shoes!

 

[Shiny]

For me a round of golf is a round of golf whether I am playing against a man, a woman, a junior, a senior, a high or low handicapper. I will happily lose to any of them.......