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

Contents:

• GAY GOLF PRO SE SPORT AS MORE ACCEPTG AND WANTS GOLFERS TO E OUT
• LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
• ARE THERE GAY PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR? BRANDT SNEKER SAYS ODDS ARE Y
• REMEMBERG GAY BREWER
• SWG ANALYSIS OF BRIAN GAY, CALLUM SHKW, AND DARREN CLARKE A LSON OF THE WEEK AND MORE – 5 NOVEMBER 2020
• BRIAN GAY
• LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT

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

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.

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

It’s actually an acronym that stands for ‘Double Ine No Kids, ’ which is still reprentative of many gay upl. There are a lot of gay upl wh money to spend on hobbi that st a ltle b more, such as golf.

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

The dollars, the rounds and the Gallup poll notwhstandg, beg gay Ameri still reprents taboo for much of the culture, on or off the turf. “It wasn’t okay to be an openly gay golfer anyplace the untry 1990, or even 2000, ” Buie says. A hundred toward the ast, another of the natn’s largt gay golf groups te up wh equal ardor, albe wh a different approach to s msagg.

The group’s retired Mare founr don’t see a need to openly promote the group’s gay membership. From Metti’s vantage pot, a arth of gay golf groups serv as a signifier that an overt LGBTQ prence the game may be far om reachg the latter ne.

“I thk that most of avid gay golfers still feel left out some rpects, ” Wn nclus. Gay Brewer played on the PGA Tour for a uple s, but for a few, brief years the mid-1960s he was among s top players not named Nickls, Palmer, Player or Casper. Full name: Gay Robert Brewer Jr.

REMEMBERG GAY BREWER

Gay Brewer won the 1967 Masters wh an excellent fal round that clud a back-ne birdie charge — one year after losg the Masters a playoff. "I still rell the day when I beme known not jt as Gay Brewer, but 'Gay Brewer, wner of the 1967 Masters. After Brewer won 1967, Nickls said, "For Gay to e back the next year and w a Green Jacket was ftg for such a tremendo person and a darn good player.

Around that time, Gay was as good as there was. Peter Alliss once wrote that Gay Brewer had "one of the strangt swgs that golf has seen. That "loopy" swg led to an stctnal book published unr Brewer's name 1968 entled, Gay Brewer Shows You How to Sre Better Than You Swg (affiliate lk).

"More About Gay Brewer. In June of 2007, jt a uple months before his ath as a rult of lung ncer, Brewer's beloved Pidome Golf Course Lexgton, Ky., was renamed The Gay Brewer Jr.

SWG ANALYSIS OF BRIAN GAY, CALLUM SHKW, AND DARREN CLARKE A LSON OF THE WEEK AND MORE – 5 NOVEMBER 2020

"Gay was jt a fun-lovg guy and you always looked forward to beg around him. In addn to the stctnal book mentned durg the swg sectn, Brewer also thored Gay Brewer's Golf Guibook: Basic Form and Playg Techniqu for Young People (affiliate lk).

BRIAN GAY

Greg Fzgerald is an openly gay golf pro and he thks the sport is ready for more out members, even players. I’m glad that I’m gay, now that the U.

I’m sure I would have been able to live a fe life as a straight man, but as a gay, redhead, golf pro I thk I stand out enough to be noticed and make a difference. Up until a few years ago, I thought I was the only gay, male golf pro the world. I got my boss and the three other golf pros om our staff together the office and told them I was gay.

It was at a self-velopment nference I was at December 2016 that I realized that pretendg all those years the golf bs meant that I was actually still not pletely OK wh beg gay. After a pse, I said, I’ve been pretendg that I’m straight my reer, when I’m really gay.

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

That was the first time I spoke about beg gay to strangers openly, and the first time I realized thgs had to change. However, straight men Ameri are transformg gradually to where they n know gay me, and know that gay men are not gog to e on to them the locker room. 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.