Letter of the Month
I’m writing while watching the mixed ISPS Handa World Invitational and have to say how excited I am right now about the women’s game. Events like these are becoming more common, and I think it’s fantastic to see where the female game is at in both the professional and amateur spheres. I read that 25 per cent of all female golfers who played in the UK last year were new to golf, so there is genuine hope that the future is bright.
We’ve known for a long time that golf is male-dominated and women are under-represented, but statistics like this and these fantastic mixed professional events give me real excitement as to where the sport is heading. We’ve seen the Women in Golf Charter in recent years, too, and we also have some fantastic role models in Dame Laura Davies, Georgia Hall, Charley Hull, Mel Reid and the excellent Sky Sports broadcaster Inci Mehmet. No longer is golf that stereotypical, stuffy, middle-aged man’s sport!