Research Notes

Frog Scholar source: "I Just Want to Play: Women, Sexism, and Persistence in Golf"

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0193723504272659

- Interviews of recreational women golfers to understand psychological perspective of women playing the game

- Golf does not give any advantage or privilege to men or women physically, but it is still a male dominated sport.

- Feelings of being ignored and not as respected as male golfers results in a poorer mental state of female golfers.

Informal Sources:

http://thesportdigest.com/2019/05/women-in-the-rough-of-golf/

- Male golfers are given more brand opportunities because they get more viewers and have more tournaments where they can showcase their talents.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/335849-why-not-gender-blind-golf-tournaments

- Idea of gender-blind golf tournaments. The women tee's being closer to the hole than the men's tees will make the game fair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le0TtSP3mtM

- Highlights from the US Senior Women's Open 2021, shows some impressive shots from the talented Senior Women Golfers.