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...course was close to 6,000 yards off the ladies' tee. The high scores reflected the lack of birdie opportunities and the challenging distance...
Your item "Should Investors Tee Off?" [PERSONAL TIME: YOUR MONEY, Aug. 31], about a new golf investment fund, incorrectly said, "Asia's woes have been a drag on...Family Golf Centers." Family Golf has no Asian exposure. We operate more than 100 stand-alone golf driving ranges, exclusively in the U.S. and Canada. Perhaps the fact that the firm was founded by two highly successful Asian Americans--Dominic Chang and Krishnan Thampi--somehow confused you. Family Golf's recent share-price slide has more to do with the overall weakness in the small-capitalization market than the economic Asian...
...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 Lowell a Saturday-morning tee time. As Lowell finished the 17th hole and drove her cart to the next tee, three club members, including a ranking member of the golf committee, met her with curses. One picked up her ball and put it in his pocket, shook his finger in her face and threatened...
...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 Valley Country Club to protest the club's restricted women's tee times. That was in 1994, and the club has since changed its policies. "I think they are a lot more sensitive than they used to be," says Brock-Nelson, an 18 handicapper. "They see that when these cases go to court, the good ole boys' clubs lose...
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...