A devastating pandemic along with social and political unrest prompted industries and institutions to re-examine themselves to see if the values of diversity, equity and inclusion that they profess on paper are consistent with how they are practiced on a daily basis
“At the board level, we have a (diversity, equity and inclusion) policy now,” he said
More than selling green fees and golf balls, the mission of The Clearview Legacy Foundation is to educate youth on the values of colorblind inclusion, and the integrity that the game teaches.
By Rich O'Brien, Operations Manager, PGA HOPE Charleston The concept of diversity and inclusion typically focuses almost exclusively on race and gender
As seen in Golf Business May/June 2021 By Steve Eubanks: Instructional programming has evolved in recent years. Camps and clinics, juniors and seniors, ladies’ “Sip and Swing” sessions with wine and hors d’oeuvres after group lessons: All of these add-ons do more than create additional...
As seen in Golf Business March/April 2021 By Steve Eubanks: Don’t be surprised by the firsts. Mackenzie Mack won’t top leaderboards at tour events - although she compiled a pretty impressive junior and collegiate record and can still hold her own on the course - but she will probably be...
As seen in Golf Business March/April 2021 By David Gould: Here in these times of troubles and woe — pandemic, a stressed economy, political strife — if you want to tell a comeback story, you may have to get in line. But the Texas twosome of Ira Molayo and Dave Ridley have a head start....
hear from National Links Trust Founder Mike McCartin and Area Director of Operations - Troon, Tim Krebs, PGA on the NLT mission in the District of Columbia, their approach to providing affordable, accessible golf supporting diversity and the overall growth of the game and learn more what the future plans are and their foundational pillars that will be built upon affordability, access, diversity…but with architectural interest
Today Carty is all about sparking that flame as the Director of Inclusion and Community Engagement for the PGA of America. And earlier this year she unveiled the organization’s Inclusion Guidelines for Golf Facilities, a 35-page publication for course owners and operators Carty wrote after visiting nearly 100 courses around the country
It can feel trite to try and build a bridge between the tragic and senseless loss of life to diversity in golf, but they are both underpinned by a very long history of estrangement among Americans based on skin color, ethnicity, gender, etc