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Take Aileen Rappaport, 53, of Washington, a vice president for Loomis, Sayles & Co., an investment-management firm. Seven years ago, she decided to go to golf school so she could compete with colleagues she saw doing deals over 18 holes. It paid off. "Every time I went out on the course, a deal went down," Rappaport says. "On one of my first outings with a client, I closed a $200 million sale." Several weeks ago (after six sessions at golf school), Rappaport closed a $300 million sale...
...cartpath to equality has not been smooth, however. While golf enthusiasts say the situation has improved in recent years, there are still many private clubs that restrict the hours during which women can play, refuse to allow women to tee off on weekend mornings or do not permit single women to be club members. Tracy Friedman, 49, a television writer from North Hollywood, Calif., was taking Saturday lessons two years ago at Lakeside Golf Club in Burbank when a member invited her to join him for a round. The club pro vetoed the idea. "There...
...York, another well-known golfing discrimination case was filed by Long Island art teacher Lee Lowell, who joined the Cedar Brook Golf and Tennis Club in 1988 with her husband. Neither of them saw anything in the club's bylaws that would keep her from playing whenever she wished. But one Saturday morning, Lowell arrived early and was told she had to wait until 1:30 p.m., after all the men had been accommodated. She bridled but obeyed, and came back week after week to face the same treatment. After arguing with her for a few weeks, the starter gave...
...atmosphere at most clubs is improving, says Greg Durden, assistant attorney general in charge of civil rights in Florida, one of golf's greatest strongholds. "I think society is beginning to recognize that women have a right to be on the golf course. We have shown these golf [officials] that they were hypocritical snobs. How could they raise their daughters to be doctors and lawyers and then say their daughters can't play with their brothers on Saturday morning?" Linda Brock-Nelson, 56, president of a real estate management company in Scottsdale, Ariz., joined other women members of the Paradise...
With the gender wars fading, players can focus on one of golf's joys: that people of different skill levels can play together and talk about something other than when or where they're allowed to tee off. Donna Dieterle, 48, a senior vice president of First Union National Bank, plays at Minisceongo Golf Club in Pomona, N.Y., where there are no rules about women, and she plays regularly with clients and colleagues. "I haven't closed any deals on the course," she allows, "but it's a very good opportunity to have someone's undivided attention." That is certainly...