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Contents:

• 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
• WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?
• I’M A GOLFER, AND I’M GAY. GET OVER .
• 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
• PGA TOUR CADDIE TODD MONTOYA REVEALS HE'S GAY
• OPN: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
• TADD FUJIKAWA BE FIRST MALE PRO GOLFER TO E OUT AS GAY
• GAY GOLF PRO SE SPORT AS MORE ACCEPTG AND WANTS GOLFERS TO E OUT
• GAY GOLF PRO OUT TO CHANGE PERCEPTNS NSERVATIVE SPORT
• HOW AN ELE AMATR ENJOYED SUCCS, BUT NEVER FORT, AS A GAY MAN GOLF
• GOLF IS GAY MEME GENERATOR

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.

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. 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. 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.

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

“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.

WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?

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.

Two exampl: TPC Hardg Park hostg the gural Pri Open, anized by Greg Fzgerald, the first out, gay male PGA teachg pro, and the USGA raisg Pri flags at s headquarters June and sharg an image of the flags on the anizatn’s social-media acunt. Tour pro Tadd Fujikawa says that not all homophobic ments are obv to people, and sometim not even tentnal.

I’M A GOLFER, AND I’M GAY. GET OVER .

“Most of the time when homophobic remarks are ma, they’re not really directed at a person, ’s maybe even directed at themselv, ” Fujikawa says. You h a bad tee shot or h a short tee shot and say, ‘That was so gay.

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.

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The only thg I re to hi golf is my wretched swg, not the fact that I am gay.

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.

PGA TOUR CADDIE TODD MONTOYA REVEALS HE'S GAY

There’s only ever been one out gay player on the PGA Tour, and an out golfer has never peted The Masters, the sport’s most inic tournament. But this week, golf reached a new nadir when to fosterg a welg environment for gay players.

For gay golfers, and gay golf fans, this partnership is a nightmare. “I’m not sure whether I even have any gay iends, to be hont wh you, ” he said a Golf Digt terview. Is Greg Norman ferrg that bee he supposedly don’t have any gay iends he’s somehow relieved of an obligatn to have any opn about the atroci mted agast gays Sdi Arabia?

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

I don’t have any gay iends is for “’s okay for ernment sponsored killg of LGBTQ people”.

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

Homosexualy remas punishable by ath sharia law. A uple of years ago, Masters wner Jt Thomas, one of the biggt stars the sport, was ught utterg an anti-gay slur on the urse.

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

Over the years, gay golfers have spoken up about how they feel ostracized by the sport they love. “It’s a place some people n ngregate and e racist, misogynist and homophobic terms and get away wh bee ‘they’re at a golf urse, '” he said. In an terview wh Outsports, Fujikawa, the gay PGA Tour player, said would go a long way if some of his peers spoke out about gay rights and cln.

GAY GOLF PRO OUT TO CHANGE PERCEPTNS NSERVATIVE SPORT

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. Can gay players play all LIV events? So durg pri month the PGA sells out and joed the Sdi golf league LIV a untry that ston 's gay populatn and beg a trans genr uld get you killed.

I n’t wa to spend $300 on a ground pass to watch the Stone Gay People San Diego Open, formerly the Andy Williams. The PGA/LIV merger is ol bc now I n pretend that not watchg golf is a polil statement and I n hold that over my mom's boyiend's head— gay for thrill????

HOW AN ELE AMATR ENJOYED SUCCS, BUT NEVER FORT, AS A GAY MAN GOLF

@PGATOUR is good wh dog bs wh enti that are OK wh killg gay people and journalists, supprsg women and supportg terrorism. The people have ma illegal to be gay their untry. Do they not see the irony of sayg they support gays and then jokg a Sdi group that kills gays.

GOLF IS GAY MEME GENERATOR

__An openly gay athlete the ttosterone-filled world of male profsnal sports isn't the radil thought was even a year ago.