Are there any gay pro golfers
Justin Thomas and Separating the Art from the Artist
When Rory McIlroy’s roller-coaster weekend began sputtering to a halt on Sunday afternoon, I found myself in deserve of a rooting interest for the final stretch of the PGA Championship. Mito Pereira was hanging tough at the superior of the leaderboard, but I didn’t feel comfortable pulling for someone who’d arrived at this moment a few years ahead of schedule. The same was true for Cameron Young, a star on the rise who might be ready to get his next Sunday back nine by the throat. Matt Fitzpatrick was holding his day together with hot glue and protection pins. I couldn’t watch another short-range putt from Will Zalatoris without peeking through my fingers like I might at a horror movie.
I found myself drawn to the guy lurking further down the board with championship pedigree, the one who survived the brutal late-early wave sketch earlier in the week by carving shots around Southern Hills like a sculptor. That meant cheering for Justin Thomas, the eventual champion and the one guy in the field with whom I have a complicated history. I’m a g
Women’s golf alumnus Ryann O’Toole discusses experience as an openly gay athlete
This publish was updated July 4 at p.m.
Being true to yourself isn&#;t always the easiest thing to do.
But for former UCLA women&#;s golfer Ryann O&#;Toole, it&#;s been the one thing that has propelled her through her career.
During her four years as an undergraduate, O&#;Toole was the only openly gay student-athlete at UCLA. The alumnus said remaining steadfast in herself has been key to her victory as a professional golfer despite the challenges brought on by discovering her identity.
“By me sticking strong to who I was and not fearing it or not running from it or not listening to those close to me or any outside voices saying that this isn’t the way it should be, &#; it’s made me into a stronger individual,” O&#;Toole said. “It challenged me, but I perceive like I overcame it.”
Now, the LPGA Tour pro and No. ranked golfer in the society is thriving both on and off the course, picking up her first win at the Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open and marrying her wife Gina Marra last year.
However, her lane to
Is the First Gay Golfer on the Men's Tours About to Come Out?
When the CEO of Apple came out last week to announce that he was gay, it was big news for the day. Stepping out to publish your sexuality isn’t a big deal anymore. It’s the main talking aim for a day and then people go about their business. It's only a matter of period before gay golfers arrive out on the major tours.
In sports, as in the business world, it’s the same way. Basketball, football, tennis, swimming, baseball, track, soccer, and Nascar all hold one or more openly gay members participating in their sport.
The LPGA Tour does nothing to conceal that they have same-sex attracted golfers playing right next to straight players.
Rosie Jones came right out and said she was same-sex attracted and she was the captain of the Solheim Cup.
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WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW THAT TALKS ABOUT WHEN PROFESSIONAL GOLFER ROSIE JONES CAME OUT:
WHAT ABOUT THE MEN'S TOURS
All this makes me wonder if there aren’t any ga Todd Montoya has been a golf caddie for nearly two decades, initially on the mini-tours and more recently on the PGA Tour, although he has – until recently – hidden a covert from most of the golfing community. The Recent Mexico native, who has looped for a host of players before taking over Brian Stuard's bag in , opened up about his sexuality in a sit-down interview with Golf Channel and revealed why he had decided to previously limit who knew about him organism gay. "I think that it was mostly because that was my preconceived notion about the society of people that probably encompass the golf community," Montoya admitted to Golf Channel. "I just felt love I would have a better opportunity to obtain and keep a position if I kept it hidden. "Something that you kept secret for so many years, amongst people you consider your friends and your co-workers, over the course of time, you grow close to them. Until people that I care about know that I'm gay, they really don't know me for my ent
PGA Tour: Todd Montoya, caddie to Brian Stuard, opens up about coming out as gay to golfing world