British Girls Not Playing Golf
With the Women’s British Open being played at the birthplace of professional women’s golf, it seems the media has been hunting for stories and one of them is the lack of British women both on Tour and coming up through the ranks. Laura Davies who hails from Surrey England says it’s a major problem and she’s determined to try to change it.
While, the lack of British girls starting up the game is a problem, I think it’s also partially due to the increased competition globally. You see the explosion of women’s golf in places like Korea and Sweden and of course the US and it’s easy for a country like England to get dwarfed. Lets not forget the impact of players like Se Ri Pak and Annika Sorenstam to their respective countries.
I know in Canada, competitive women’s golf is extremely lacking. We had Lorie Kane, but she was good for such a short time. You really need a great player that can really carry their country and show the little ones that they can be just like them.
Women’s British Open, Laura Davies
August 16th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
[...] I wrote earlier in the year, when the British were asking the same question about their girls, the crux of the problem is the increased global competition and not the Canadian girls themselves. [...]
November 21st, 2007 at 7:19 pm
[...] But much like everything else in this world, the new frontier is China. With over one billion people strong, China is going to be force in just about everything, golf included. With that one billion in population, there is bound to be at least a Tiger or two somewhere in China that is just waiting to burst out. And we saw just recently at the Shanghai Open that the Chinese fans really get golf, and have embraced it. As the price barriers keep coming down and more people can afford to play golf, you can bet that in 20 years from now, the Chinese player will be a force to reckon with on the world golf stage. We’ve already seen what Korea has meant for the LPGA. [...]