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

Contents:

• ARE THERE GAY PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR? BRANDT SNEKER SAYS ODDS ARE Y
• TADD FUJIKAWA BE FIRST MALE PRO GOLFER TO E OUT AS GAY
• PGA TOUR CADDIE TODD MONTOYA REVEALS HE'S GAY
• TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
• FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: GAY MALE ATHLETGAY GOLFERS LIST: PGA PLAYERS, PROS, AND COLLEGE ATHLET
• LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
• I’M A GOLFER, AND I’M GAY. GET OVER .
• WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?
• GAY GOLF PRO SE SPORT AS MORE ACCEPTG AND WANTS GOLFERS TO E OUT
• FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO GOLF DDIE TODD MONTOYA HOP TO SPIRE OTHERS

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

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But the PGA Tour remas uncharted terrory for homosexuals. 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.

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

"I don't believe that at all, " Brandt Sneker said when host David Feherty remarked the tour don't have any gay players.

PGA TOUR CADDIE TODD MONTOYA REVEALS HE'S GAY

"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. "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.

TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE 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.

FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: GAY MALE ATHLETGAY GOLFERS LIST: PGA PLAYERS, PROS, AND COLLEGE ATHLET

“So…I’m gay, ” he wrote.

Tadd Fujikawa has bee the first male pro to e out publicly as gay.

So…I'm gay.

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

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.

I’M A GOLFER, AND I’M GAY. GET OVER .

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WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?

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.

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

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.

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FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO GOLF DDIE TODD MONTOYA HOP TO SPIRE OTHERS

“I thk that most of avid gay golfers still feel left out some rpects, ” Wn nclus.