[Cedric]

My son is a professional golfer {grew-up playing against Tiger Woods} and he knows many aspiring male golfers, young and old, who have sacrificed untold time and money, damaged non-golf careers and personal relationships and marriages to pursue their golf dreams. When the chick tees it up at Colonial, just remember there's 100 divorced guys with three mortgages on their houses, driving a beat-up jalopies who would crawl to Texas if given a sponsors exemption for this tournament. Oh, and by the way, every one of them could beat Annika with just a 5 iron and a putter!

[Cincinatus]

When the chick tees it up at Colonial, just remember there's 100 divorced guys with three mortgages on their houses, driving a beat-up jalopies who would crawl to Texas if given a sponsors exemption for this tournament

Give me a break -- nobody forces anybody to live the life of a journeyman pro. If they choose to take that risk, more power to them. But Annika isn't taking bread out of their children's mouths. If they can't hack it on the bush-league tours, maybe they should seek a new line of work.

And sponsor's exemptions are for the sponsor to do with as they see fit -- usually, they're used to invite some has-been golfer from an earlier Golden Age to come and compete so that tournament attendees can get a close-up look at them. In any event, they are merely gate-enhancements. This time, they've found a new attraction for the sideshow.

[VRWCmember]

Oh, and by the way, every one of them could beat Annika with just a 5 iron and a putter!

If they could beat Annika with just a 5 iron and a putter, they wouldn't need a sponsor's exemption -- they would qualify for the tournament on their performance.

[dmz]

why should I give a %$#^ about the 100 guys who aren't good enough to play in the tournie? Apparently she has kicked major %^& in the LPGA, and some sponsor thought it would help their bottom line to give her an exemption. Sounds like your issue is with the sponsor.

like any of the 100 guys you're talking about would give up their exemption because some other guy was more deserving. yea, right.

[gunnedah]

Thank God they are mostly White guys!

[discostu]

And if she wasn't there it would be 99 divorced guys with 3 mortages... oh the humanity.

[Mister Baredog]

Oh, and by the way, every one of them could beat Annika with just a 5 iron and a putter!

That's an overstatement. She won 13 tournaments last year. She has a better winning record than Tiger Woods, she's not just any woman, she is the BEST ever.

[an amused spectator]

Oh, and by the way, every one of them could beat Annika with just a 5 iron and a putter!

No, they couldn't.

[flyer182]

And they all did it for the love of the game.

[pyx]

When the chick tees it up at Colonial

I hope you're wearing asbestos longjohns. Any criticisms or even simple dissent regarding the CLITOCRACY ruling America is asking for a roasting. The best thing is to shut the hell up and remain pu$$ywh!pped ! You must accept the newage "mainstream" orthodoxy that men and women are the same... lest you be labelled a misogynist or worse by the CLITERATI.

[oldironsides]

Female golfers look at the prize money on the PGA tour and see the difference in payoffs. Many women follow the LPGA tour and scratch for dimes or live off parents. That is not something known only to men golfers. Go to the sports section and see what old VJ Singh won last weekend.
It will be interesting to see how Ms. Sorenstam performs. I wish her well. Golf is a game of skill. It isn't as if she had to run a football through a defensive line of men averaging 300 lbs apiece.