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Golf Monthly
Golf Monthly
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Alison Root

I Don't Understand Why The Old Guard Won't Mix With The New Wave Of Women Golfers. And The Cultural Divide Is Hurting Our Clubs

Female golfers on the tee.

It's a conversation I'm hearing more and more. A new, younger member joins the women's section at a golf club, and the comments start to trickle in. "They're a bit too confident," or "We have nothing in common."

It seems as though the older generation doesn’t always want to mix with the younger one, which is a real shame. We've got a fantastic new wave of women taking up the game, and instead of being embraced, they're sometimes seen as a cultural threat.

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