You Da Woman!
Top Golf Journalists Celebrate Women in Honor of Mother’s Day
The A Position.com takes a look at women’s golf
PORTLAND, Ore., May 5, 2010—Golf may be considered a “gentleman’s game,” but where would it be without the contributions of women over the years? Nowhere good. In celebration of Mother’s Day, The A Position.com takes a look at women’s golf, from female-friendly courses to true heroes of the game, giving the ladies in our lives—and in the game—their due.
From the stars of the LPGA to notable architects, women shape the game every day. The A Position—a monthly compendium of expert golf and travel info—wants to recognize and thank these inspiring women, as well as the moms, wives, and other females who rarely get the credit they deserve.
The A Position’s writers also suggest a handful of golf courses and resorts that women players will be sure to love. Men, too.
The A Position.com is a network of websites featuring the world’s best golf and travel writers. The term “The A Position” refers to the best place a golfer can land his tee shot. On the web, it refers to the site readers will want to land on for great golf and travel journalism.
Here are excerpts from the “A List” for May, a salute to golf’s unsung women:
A few years ago, I took my wife on a whirlwind tour of France. From Bordeaux to Nice, we stayed at many fine hostelries, but only at one did she shed a tear when we left…
For Mother’s Day, lots of guys will be seeking out architecturally “women-friendly courses.” You can spend a lot of time researching this, reading course reviews and ratings, and become an armchair golf course design buff, or you can take my secret shortcut: Play any course designed by Pete Dye…
Hey, Augusta National! At this club, it’s men who park in the back and face tee time restrictions. The Ladies’ Golf Club of Toronto is the only golf club in North America owned and operated by women…
Here’s a Mother’s Day gift for all women who play golf, a tip from one of my favorite teachers, Christina Sieminski, a PGA Class A teaching professional at Turnberry Isle (Aventura, Florida) and Ekwanok CC (Manchester, Vermont)…
My mother’s garden and flowerbeds surrounded two USGA regulation putting greens Dad built in our large “sports palace” backyard…
Old Macdonald promises to be a gift to any golfer who’s enamored by the links setting of the southern Oregon coast, the design work of Tom Doak and Jim Urbina, or the achievements of Charles Blair MacDonald. But moms (and non-mother females alike) will get an extra bonus…
Vicki Martz received a watch after 10 years with the Arnold Palmer Design Company. Now, having completed her 25th year with the firm, she has been given the King’s blessing to step away from full-time work in order to hang out her own shingle at Victoria Martz Golf Design…
If a female golfer wanted me to escort her someplace enjoyable (and my tax refund had just arrived), I would whisk her to The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona…
What are the LPGA’s prospects in light of Lorena Ochoa’s retirement at the age of 28? Not as bad as they might seem…
It’s hardly original scholarship to ponder our love of the game in the face of all manner of humiliation, but golf actually can occasionally exert a palliative effect that goes beyond just the satisfaction of a few good shots…
Mother’s Day is a great time to celebrate Alice Dye, not so much for coproducing golf course architecture progeny P.B. and Perry, but for codesigning a portfolio of stellar (and, yes, manly) courses…
Augusta National is known for treating ticket-holders at the Masters well, a trade-off for the decorum it expects of patrons…
Women-friendly design, in my opinion, means little when it comes to golf course architecture…
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About theAposition.com
The term “the A position” refers to the best place a golfer can land his tee shot on a golf hole; as the brand name of the company’s websites, it suggests the place readers will want to land for great golf and travel journalism.
Eight writers—who among them have written more than 20 books and thousands of articles for leading newspapers and magazines, and visited thousands of the world’s best golf courses—have pooled their talents and experiences to create theAposition.com’s vast portfolio of varied and ever-evolving content.
Each writer publishes his own website, which includes golf content as well as writing about specialty subjects—ranging from adventure travel to real estate. Each writer also hosts a forum where readers can respond to stories and generate a conversation.
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