Are there any gay pga golfers
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 final stretch of the 2022 PGA Championship. Mito Pereira was hanging tough at the top of the leaderboard, but I didn’t feel pleasant pulling for someone who’d arrived at this moment a few years ahead of schedule. The same was authentic for Cameron Fresh, a star on the rise who might be ready to take his next Sunday support 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 initiate 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 favor 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 gay man, and hearing JT mutter “faggot” on a hot mic at Kapalua last year lingers in the back of
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 homosexual professional golfers. This is disappointing because there are certain to be gay players in the professional golf circuit. What is holding back the male same-sex attracted 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 Joined States was voted as the female sports person of the Twentieth Century, while today's Australian player Karrie Webb has tied Zaharias for the most p
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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 Merged States, Pine Valley, didn’t agree to allow female members until May 2021. Absurd, right?
As a finding, even today, the sport is predominantly white male-dominated and has had limited representation from minority groups, such as those from the LGBTQ+ community. Enjoy many other sports, golf has had its participate of discrimination and barriers for LGBTQ+ individuals.
Still, there are ongoing efforts within the sport to promote inclusivity, diversity, and steady values. The golfing society has been working to break down barriers, boost accessibility, and create more welcoming environments for people from all backgrounds and identities.
In honor of Lgbtq+ fest Month in June, let’s take a look at some of the historic achievements made by the LGBTQ+ community in golf.
Why is it important to acknowledge diversity in golf?
Anecdotal evidence th
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 collective.
The New Mexico native, who has looped for a host of players before taking over Brian Stuard's bag in 2016, 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 being gay.
"I reflect 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 include a better opportunity to get and keep a occupation if I kept it hidden.
"Something that you kept covert for so many years, amongst people you consider your friends and your co-workers, over the course of second, you grow shut to them. Until people that I care about perceive that I'm same-sex attracted, they really don't know me for my entirety."
Montoya admitted his sexuality to Doug LaBelle in 2006, after acting as his bag man as