The bold part is false, and is documented as such. The United States Open is open to anyone with a MEN'S handicapp (meaning she's got to play from where the fellas tee it from) of under 1.4. This is the beauty of the US Open, anyone who has enough game can go ahead and qualify for it. That means if a 16 year old has enough game to play with the men then she would be perfectly eligible http://www.usopen.com/players/qualif...igibility.html Saying men should play on the ladies tour is an apples and oranges argument. The reason they LPGA exists is so that women have a tour to compete with players of like skill. Same reason, there is a nationwide tour. These are players (both tours) that are good, but not quite good enough to play the PGA tour on a regular basis.