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Golf Monthly
Golf Monthly
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Carly Cummins

Mixed Golf Is The Future (Even If Your Club Hasn't Figured It Out Yet)

25 Reasons To Love Winter Golf.

GOLF - The very word is an acronym for inequality, well at least if you believe the old wives tale that our beloved sport’s name is merely an abbreviation for the phrase ‘Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.’

It certainly wasn’t that long ago that I was refused entry to a Top 100 golf course clubhouse for being a woman. Thankfully the modern game has moved with the times and most of these antiquated gender barriers have been broken down to the point where the majority of golf clubs have embraced equality and women share the same status and access to the course as men.

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