Southwest Kansas Pro-Am bars women, continuing golf’s rich history of bigotry

Just in case you’ve seen all the foreigners winning majors and figured golf had embraced diversity, the Southwest Kansas Pro-Am is here to remind you: The gentleman’s game is still very much about gentlemen of the white-dude variety.

The 31-year-old pro-am, which partners with the Adams Golf pro tour, has long had a tradition of keeping women from playing in the event, and it upheld that tradition this year when it rejected a woman golfer whose game and checkbook were more than ready to play.