ANNIKA SORENSTAM ON PGA TOUR
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James Joyner | Friday, January 31, 2003 |
In the midst of the Title IX debate, we have the news that LPGA phenom Annika Sorenstam is thinking of playing in a PGA event. This strikes me as a no-win situation, other than for those who will profit from the circus that her appearance would become. Sorenstam is a terrific golfer and golf may be a sport(?) where gender differences matter less than most. But she will almost certainly finish rather poorly, because the men on the PGA tour are also phenomenal golfers who play the short game every bit as well as she can but who can drive the ball 100 yards or more further off the tee. So, the best female golfer on the planet–who’s more dominant on her tour than Tiger Woods is on his–will finish behind a bunch of guys that no one has ever heard of and thus demonstrate that the LPGA is comprised of people who couldn’t play professional golf if there weren’t a segregated tour for women. Why would she want to do that?
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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