Stuart over at the Waggle Room alerted me to a terrible injustice in the golf world. I guess I already knew at some level but I’m not sure why it wasn’t more clear on my radar.
The U.S. Senior Open is now taking place at Whistling Straits, with Allen Doyle trying to become the second three-time winner and first to win the tournament three years in a row.
The Senior Open is one of 15 national championships run by the United States Golf Association (not counting the Walker Cup and Curtis Cup). Every one of those championships is played twice – once for the men (the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, U.S. Senior Amateur, for example) and once for the women (U.S. Women’s Open, U.S. Women’s Amateur, U.S. Women’s Senior Amateur).
Every one of those championships except one. Because while the 50-and-over guys get their Open championship this week, there is no U.S. Senior Women’s Open. And that’s really inexcusable. It’s well past time for the USGA to add a Women’s Senior Open.
Check out his full post in which he lists some players he knows would be playing if they held such an event based on his own communications with some of them.
I know I’d love to see such a tournament. Do they think people wouldn’t watch and that they couldn’t get sponsors and advertisers?
The one thing his post doesn’t have is a call to action. He ends the post by simply stating that the USGA needs to “get off its duff” and add the championship to its playlist. Maybe if we all emailed the USGA with our desire to watch those legendary golf chicks battle it out, they’d get the picture. And if you’re a potential sponsor, you know what to do.
Update: Stuart added a link for you use if you want to write that letter.
Another update: Sarah at The Daily Mulligan wrote a letter to the USGA you can copy and paste.
July 7, 2007 at 1:58 am
I’ve noticed this before and put it in the same camp as the “why does John Daly get sponsors, but Meg Mallon doesn’t” list of questions. In fact, that may just be my blog tomorrow. Thanks again golfchick, sarah