SteddyGolf

Good points and you are definitely tracking my thought process. If I could figure out how to delete my original post I certainly would do so. I didn’t mean for it to go sideways.

I think so but I do have to plead a little ignorance. I’m going to assume the Koran Ferry Tour guys play on courses that are set up very similar to PGA Tour Events. LPGA courses/events are shorter and have a more golfer friendly set up. I’ve played on a course the week after it hosted a LPGA event and another course a week after it hosted a PGA Tour event. The difference was night and day in respect to length, rough and green speed. Truth be told I would like to see how women would compete in a field that consisted of both men and women playing the same course from the same distance with the same set up. However, Korn Ferry Tour players and LPGA players should have to compete against one another to earn a spot at a given event.

Negative. My opinion is simply my opinion not based of other articles. If you want to discuss my opinion I’m willing and able to do so. i

I had to go back and read my original post. I was not clear. I was not referring to sponsor exemptions as much as I was referring to the possibility that the road to the PGA Tour for LPGA players might one day be solely based on their performance on the women’s tour. With that being said I am not a fan of sponsor exemptions in general. There are a lot of players out there scratching and clawing to become a professional golfer often living out of the trunk of their car to do so. Giving a multi-millionaire a sponsor exemption based on their celebrity status does not sit well with me. Still that was not the reason for my original post but is what most respondents are focusing on.

Again, opinions of others is not the theme of my post. It is my opinion which I will be glad to discuss. I’m not going to entertain a rabbit hole that ventures away from the original reason for my post. so this is the argument statement, “ equal opportunity means equal access not equal outcomes. Individual performance determines the outcome. LPGA players should be given access (I think they are) to the PGA Tour but only if the navigate the same gauntlet as do the men”.

That kind of was my end point and supports my argument. LPGA successful should not be a pathway to earn PGATour status. Sponsor exemptions can be given to anyone for a single tournament which I’m still not a big fan of. I understand the math but that doesn’t mean I agree with it. Steph Curry brings attention to a given event but he also takes up a slot that I (not really) could be given. While he is a good golfer he (and others) are given a slot based on their celebrity status. Can you imagine Brad Pitt playing as the starting linebacker for the rams simply because he is Brad Pitt?

As I stated, I didn’t read the MGS article. I said it may or may not apply. Articles, podcasts, opinion pieces…. They are all out there. Still don’t get hung up on whether or not you can find them. The point of my entire post was I believe women should be allowed to play on the PGA Tour and those qualification requirements should be the same for all who wish to give it a go. Performance on the LPGA Tour should not be one of those pathways for qualification.

I wasn’t aware. Can women go to Q school to qualify for the PGA Tour?

I’m sorry I didn’t realize my comments must be written in APA Format with a proper reference page. I’ll remember that for the future.

Now I remember why I left the forum to begin with. I’m not looking for an argument but instead trying to generate a discussion. There are numerous articles on line. I saw one pop up in the mygolfspy main page but have yet to read it. It may or may not be applicable.

My comments were misleading. I own that. However, I was not really commenting on sponsor exemptions as much as recent articles advocating for LPGA players to be given PGA Tour status based on their LPGA Tour performance. In regard to Lexi, she beat no one. Her score was lower than some at the cut but the bottom line is that score was based on two rounds. Walking and playing 7000 yards over four consecutive days is the measurement for a single tournament. Qualifying for the PGA Tour would include performance/success against the field over numerous tournaments. my comments are/were not about Lexi but more so about the possibility of creating a gender neutral tour were ALL members of the tour must go through the same gauntlet.

I’m aware of how sponsor exemptions work. That was really not the main point of my comments but I can see how they could be misleading. I was actually commenting on recent articles advocating for LPGA players to be given PGA Tour status based on their LPGA success.

That’s just another way of saying the same thing. If it’s easier to understand as stated in your example I’m all for it.

I deleted this entry. Seems things went down a path I had not intended. I take responsibility for that direction of travel. In the future I will do a better job of clarifying my thoughts and or opinions.

There are a lot of different swing types at the top of the back swing but the great ball strikers all share one thing in common. That thing being the position of their hands at the bottom of the swing. When they make contact they are have a flat lead wrist and bent trail wrist. If you drill this phenomenon with say your pitching wedge or 9 iron, in time your ball striking will improve significantly.