05-30-2018, 01:55 PM
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.
Stanford will be well-represented among the competitors who tee it up for Round 1 tomorrow:
Albane Valenzuela
Andrea Lee
Casey Danielson
Michelle Wie
Stanford recruit Lucy Li is also in the field. Rachel Heck is an alternate.
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.
Stanford will be well-represented among the competitors who tee it up for Round 1 tomorrow:
Albane Valenzuela
Andrea Lee
Casey Danielson
Michelle Wie
Stanford recruit Lucy Li is also in the field. Rachel Heck is an alternate.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
