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**PersonalLoansBank** · 09-21-2012, 09:02 PM

[QUOTE=Texasbrons;1629009]THere is an intriguing comment in there which is true. The golf ball doesn't care if it is being hit by a girl or by a boy. To be honest, I can't believe that we are having these discussions anymore. It would seem to me to be a pretty open and shut case. How many high school football teams, have girls playing on them all over the country. Granted, it's not seen in every school, but it's common enough that it isn't ground breaking anymore. There are even colleges with girls playing on the team now. If the school had a girls team, then I would say that is where she should be playing, and I would even temper that. If she is capable of hitting from the same tees as the boys and able to compete, let her play with the boys and school them. I didn't catch in the article if it said what tees she is playing from, so I'll assume that she is playing from the same tees, I don't think it said. Sounds to me like a few coaches are getting tired of their prized stud getting stomped on by this girl and so now they want to file a complaint. The fact of the matter is that most school golf teams have a wide and varied skill level from the one or two stars who are scratch to single handicappers and may have a chance to a scholarship all the way to the kid who is happy to get the ball off of the tee. That being said, the fact that she is female is irrelevant. There will be a handicap and skill set that she will match up with. Just like the girl playing football with the boys, my only caveat would be that she hit from the same set of tees. You Go Girl!! [/QUOTE]

The difference between a boy playing with the girls is like apples to oranges. The boys shouldn't be allowed to play with the girls because the tee it up closer to the hole and that gives the boy an advantage over the kids his age which are playing further back. With a girl playing with the boys she is technically at a disadvantage because she is playing further back than her female competitors competing on the girls team

Which way do you want it?

My example of eliminating the boys & girls designation takes care of that. The coach would field his best team, based on handicap, not by whether you are a boy or a girl. The only change that would need to be made is that the girls would have to reestablish their handicap based on men's slope/rating, which should be easy to do.

09-21-2012, 09:02 PM	#22
PersonalLoansBank Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 407 Senior Member	[QUOTE=Texasbrons;1629009]THere is an intriguing comment in there which is true. The golf ball doesn't care if it is being hit by a girl or by a boy. To be honest, I can't believe that we are having these discussions anymore. It would seem to me to be a pretty open and shut case. How many high school football teams, have girls playing on them all over the country. Granted, it's not seen in every school, but it's common enough that it isn't ground breaking anymore. There are even colleges with girls playing on the team now. If the school had a girls team, then I would say that is where she should be playing, and I would even temper that. If she is capable of hitting from the same tees as the boys and able to compete, let her play with the boys and school them. I didn't catch in the article if it said what tees she is playing from, so I'll assume that she is playing from the same tees, I don't think it said. Sounds to me like a few coaches are getting tired of their prized stud getting stomped on by this girl and so now they want to file a complaint. The fact of the matter is that most school golf teams have a wide and varied skill level from the one or two stars who are scratch to single handicappers and may have a chance to a scholarship all the way to the kid who is happy to get the ball off of the tee. That being said, the fact that she is female is irrelevant. There will be a handicap and skill set that she will match up with. Just like the girl playing football with the boys, my only caveat would be that she hit from the same set of tees. You Go Girl!! [/QUOTE] The difference between a boy playing with the girls is like apples to oranges. The boys shouldn't be allowed to play with the girls because the tee it up closer to the hole and that gives the boy an advantage over the kids his age which are playing further back. With a girl playing with the boys she is technically at a disadvantage because she is playing further back than her female competitors competing on the girls team Which way do you want it? My example of eliminating the boys & girls designation takes care of that. The coach would field his best team, based on handicap, not by whether you are a boy or a girl. The only change that would need to be made is that the girls would have to reestablish their handicap based on men's slope/rating, which should be easy to do.
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