May 15, 2003

Women in Mens' Leagues

Sorenstam Thinks She Can Win; Brushes Off Singh's Comments

Whatever happens next week in the Colonial, the first woman in 58 years to play in a PGA Tour event says she just wants to see how she stacks up against the world's best.
"I'm testing myself, but I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody," she said Wednesday. "That's not why I'm doing this. This is for myself. ... I'm coming to a stage that's totally different than I'm used to: tougher course, tougher competitors, all the attention. It's just going to be so different."

Honestly, I don't think she should be allowed to play with the men. This is like the ESPN men on the radio saying the other day that if the WNBA star Lisa Leslie wants to play in the NBA, she should be allowed to. Crap! There are the mens' leagues and then there are the womans' leagues. If women are allowed to cross-over, why not let men do so? why not have a LPGA, PGA and an MPGA or just have on big, old PGA? Right now, it is absolutely unfair for the women to have their own leagues and then also to step into the mens' leagues and take away their positions.

Let us know how you feel about this issue - discuss in our forums - Ashwini and I are already at it :)

Posted by shanti at May 15, 2003 12:23 PM

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Just noting, your link to forums should end “/forums/” and not “/firums/”

Posted by: Chris C. at May 16, 2003 5:25 PM




Oops :blush:

Posted by: Shanti at May 16, 2003 5:59 PM




I think women can do just as much as men do and like wise so men should get thier heades out of their :mad:butts and accpect that women are hitting and growing alot stronger!

Posted by: Shorty at December 2, 2003 9:14 PM




Shorty, would you support the acceptance of men in womens’ leagues then? By your logic, women should be able to handle that kind of competetion. After all, we wouldn’t want this to be a one-way traffic do we?

Posted by: Shanti at December 3, 2003 7:17 AM




that is very true, girls are always saying how this stuff is sexist, when the real sexist issue is letting girls into men’s sports and not vice versa

Posted by: TJ. at June 2, 2005 4:53 PM




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