[Spiny_Norman]

Since this is about the only time of year we talk about golf on the CardBoard, I'll take the opportunity to add one other thread.

The USGA is hosting the US Women's Open this week at Shoal Creek GC near Birmingham, AL. The location is notable. In the early 1990s, Shoal Creek was scheduled to host the PGA Championship. But the public was bringing pressure at that time against the USGA and PGA to change the exclusionary (i.e., no women, no blacks) membership policies of the courses that hosted tour events. Shoal Creek agreed to give up the PGA tournament because they refused to give in to the pressure. 25 years later, a lot has changed. Condoleeza Rice is now a member at Shoal Creek among several other black members.

It's scary to think that male-only, white-only golf courses were a thing during my lifetime. Meanwhile, Stanford's been admitting women and people of color from day one, and day one, was, of course, 127 years ago... +1 Stanford, -1000 Alabama...

2006alum, at about the same time that Shoal Creek withdrew from hosting the PGA Championship, Cypress Point also withdrew from the AT&T rotation. They were not interested in changing their male-only membership policy. As far as I know, they have not changed since then either.

[Spiny_Norman]

Since this is about the only time of year we talk about golf on the CardBoard, I'll take the opportunity to add one other thread.

The USGA is hosting the US Women's Open this week at Shoal Creek GC near Birmingham, AL. The location is notable. In the early 1990s, Shoal Creek was scheduled to host the PGA Championship. But the public was bringing pressure at that time against the USGA and PGA to change the exclusionary (i.e., no women, no blacks) membership policies of the courses that hosted tour events. Shoal Creek agreed to give up the PGA tournament because they refused to give in to the pressure. 25 years later, a lot has changed. Condoleeza Rice is now a member at Shoal Creek among several other black members.

It's scary to think that male-only, white-only golf courses were a thing during my lifetime. Meanwhile, Stanford's been admitting women and people of color from day one, and day one, was, of course, 127 years ago... +1 Stanford, -1000 Alabama...

2006alum, at about the same time that Shoal Creek withdrew from hosting the PGA Championship, Cypress Point also withdrew from the AT&T rotation. They were not interested in changing their male-only membership policy. As far as I know, they have not changed since then either.