Gay men are nearly visible golf, but we’re not non-existent

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Montoya, who ddi for Brian Stuard, is believed to be the first openly gay ddie on the Tour

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A very short gay golfers list on PGA tour, llege athlet, golf pros. Tadd Fujikawa is first ever out pro golfer. Also clu Greg Fzgerald and Chris Noble * gay golf players *

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ARE THERE GAY PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR? BRANDT SNEKER SAYS ODDS ARE Y

By Sam WemanAn openly gay athlete the ttosterone-filled world of male profsnal sports isn't the radil thought was even a year ago. The NBA's Jason Colls, after g out a Sports Illtrated... * gay golf players *

” [Via The Guardian]Another gay golfer featured on Outsports is Chris Noble who played for the golf team of the Holy Cross College at Notre Dame. __An openly gay athlete the ttosterone-filled world of male profsnal sports isn't the radil thought was even a year ago.

But the PGA Tour remas uncharted terrory for homosexuals.

IT’S THE 86TH STRAIGHT MASTERS WH ZERO OUT GAY PLAYERS

Greg Fzgerald is an openly gay golf pro and he thks the sport is ready for more out members, even players. * gay golf players *

While women's golf has had several openly gay players through the years, the men's tour is wag on s first.

And, as Brandt Sneker said on the upg season premiere of Golf Channel's "Feherty, " that's probably not bee of an absence of gay golfers -- jt none willg to make their sexual preference public. "I don't believe that at all, " Brandt Sneker said when host David Feherty remarked the tour don't have any gay players.

"I don't thk a gay golfer is gog to be that big of a al. But Sneker said he would enurage a gay golfer to e out if he was ready.

WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?

* gay golf players *

"The fact that the tour don't have an openly gay player -- I don't know if there is or isn't, but odds are there probably is a gay person on the PGA Tour. On one hand, there are no out gay profsnal golfers.

This is disappotg bee there are certa to be gay players the profsnal golf circu. What is holdg back the male gay players om g out? The first profsnal male golfer to e out as gay is nsired to be Tadd Fujikawa of the Uned Stat.

This may, part, expla the plete absence of a gay profsnal golfer.

LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT

In major league baseball only two players have publicly me out as gay other than that few of mor league players have done so. * gay golf players *

There also rema stanc of homophobic slurs on the greens and the locker rooms. In fact, there’s been only one golfer ever to play on the PGA Tour — Tadd Fujikawa — to e out as gay.

We’ve had an out gay player w the MLS Cup. I thk a lot of them probably don’t re if someone is gay, but if we don’t talk about the issue don’t get rolved.

On the flip si, var men’s profsnal golfers have been phed to apologi for homophobic or off-lor ments or slurs they’ve uttered — Jt Thomas beg the most-discsed recent years. There was also an iative at the PGA Champnship a uple years ago where lol gay golf pro Greg Fzgerald had been anizg an entire Pri Day — That effort got turned to a virtual event the rponse to the COVID-19 panmic.

TADD FUJIKAWA BE FIRST MALE PRO GOLFER TO E OUT AS GAY

Caddie Todd Montoya recently me out as gay, and Palm Sprgs-area golf pro Kyle Wn has also shared his story. Still, you n unt the number of out gay players at a Major men’s golf tournament on exactly zero fgers.

As of 2022, around 20 percent of WNBA players are openly gay. A poll nducted by Pk News found that participants ranked tennis as the most gay-iendly sport.

GAY GOLF PRO SE SPORT AS MORE ACCEPTG AND WANTS GOLFERS TO E OUT

Though an timate om New Zealand Golf Magaze stat that anywhere om 10–14 percent of golfers are likely to be gay, the number of out profsnal golfers is low.

PGA TOUR CADDIE TODD MONTOYA REVEALS HE'S GAY

In 2018, Tadd once aga ma PGA history, beg the first male player to openly e out as gay. Not only was I gettg ed to a new facily, I was also tryg to figure out which -workers I uld tst and which members might be OK wh me beg gay.

However, there have still been no openly gay men to play the PGA Tour or Masters. So, is so shockg that homophobia would also be prevalent on the urse and the untry clubs? Homophobic and anti-trans sentiments seem to be a staple tradnal nservative valu, as shown by recent legislatn such as the “Don’t Say Gay” bills phed by Republin lears like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

In his article, Wn scrib the golf urse as “a place some people n ngregate and e racist, misogynist and homophobic terms and get away wh bee ‘they’re at a golf urse. ’” Look no further for proof than profsnal Jt Thomas sayg a homophobic slur at a tournament 2021.

OPN: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT

This month the PGA of Ameri has been spotlightg gay members, and for several years has strsed that golf’s long-term health and enomy mands drawg a more diverse dience.

Last year, Tadd Fujikawa beme the first male player of even morate promence to announce that he is gay.

The LPGA Tour has long been a welg ward for lbians, but gay men are entirely visible on the PGA Tour and only slightly ls so the broar golf universe. The only thg I re to hi golf is my wretched swg, not the fact that I am gay.

GAY GOLF PRO OUT TO CHANGE PERCEPTNS NSERVATIVE SPORT

There are numero proment figur golf wh gay children or siblgs. In an terview wh David Feherty a few years ago, Brandt Sneker said he believed there were gay players on Tour. “I don’t thk a gay golfer is gog to be that big of a al.

9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY

On Tuday, Fujikawa beme the first profsnal golfer to e out publicly as gay, hopg to serve as “an spiratn and makg a difference someone’s life. “So…I’m gay, ” he wrote. Tadd Fujikawa has bee the first male pro to e out publicly as gay.

So…I'm gay. Adults — nearly six percent — intify as gay, while a further lve to the numbers shows that almost 16 percent of Generatn Z (18-23-yearolds) intify as LGBTQ.

Jog Stonewall as his workload allows, Kyle Wn, PGA, is a gay golf profsnal and the golf and events sal ordator at Shadow Ridge, as well as a life skills ach at The First Tee of the Coachella Valley. “There actually ed to be a bar Palm Sprgs named Dk’s, which is an old joke the gay muny.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY GOLF PLAYERS

It’s the 86th straight Masters wh zero out gay players - Outsports .

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