PGA vs LPGA - Check out this very cool idea!
PGA vs LPGA - Check out this very cool idea!
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Popular LPGA player Sandra Gal wrote an interesting story for USA TODAY Sports last week. Sandra says that there is still a long way to go before equality in the women's and men's professional tours.
Back to Back Majors. Worked once. Why not again?
One way to generate similar excitement for the women's tour is to schedule the majors back to back and the same venue as the men's majors. For the first time at the US Open in 2014 and gained positive feedback, the USGA has not continued scheduling for 2015.
Do men and women compete in the same event?
Even better, Gal asks, “Why not create an event in which we can compete together?” Gal says that, aside from power, there is little difference in the short game and putting skills between the men and women. Sandra suggests that the women play from shorter tees to compensate for the power issue.
I love Sandra's enthusiasm for this idea, especially where she asks, “How cool of a fan experience would that be?”
This is a topic that has been on my mind for a long time. And I am not talking about clothing here, but about creating a world-class event, in which the best women and men compete together.
Our tour is on the rise (significantly). We make better money every year. And yes, we are proud of how far we have come (Thank you commissioner Mike Whan). But. Why is there still such a huge gap between women's and men's golf? I could give you a few reasons, but none of them deter me from my dream of equality. You have to dream big to achieve change…otherwise things like Title IX would have never happened
To read more on Sandra Gal's idea, click here.
Source: Sandra Gal USA Today Sports Mel Sole Golf School
Pictures: Christian Petersen, Getty Images Keith Allison
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