Women in Sport
The conversation about Women in Sport and the challenge to get more women and girls not only participating in sport, but to work and have leadership roles in sport is gaining more momentum each year. There is more information about Women in Sport initiatives and organisations in our Women in Sport Section – HERE.
Women in Golf
Womens Golf is front and centre within and across all areas within the Golf industry which is looking to engage more women and girls in golf both as participants and also as a professional career. Alongside the industries interest in developing the womens golf experience, there is a growing body of academic research focusing on all aspects of womens golf, some of the leaders in this field and their work is documented below:
An interesting paper from the University of Almeria in Spain about why we play golf….
2024 – Why Do We Play Golf? An Exploratory Research
Dr. Niamh Kitching
Limerick Institute of Technology
Women in Golf – A Critical Reflection,
An overview of the history of womens golf, commentary on the state of womens golf in 2017, and an academic critique of the key challenges of moving golf forward to include women in golf. which can be found HERE
The paper provides a list of other academic papers and published research about Women in Golf.
Other Papers
Dr. Niamh Kitching, Limerick
Dr Ali Bowers, Nottingham
& Meghan MacLaren Female Professional Golfer
Dr Kitching teamed up with Dr Ali Bowers, of Nottingham Trent University and together they have published the body of work below on Womens Golf, click on the title of each paper below to learn more about each one:
2021 – The Solheim Cup: Media Representations of Golf, Gender and National Identity
2021 – Sexism and Racism in Women’s Professional Golf: The 2019 US Women’s Open
2020 – Women, War and Sport: The Battle of the 2019 Solheim Cup
2020 – Selling Scotland? Selling women’s golf? The 2019 Solheim Cup in the ‘Home of Golf’
2020 – ‘Wow these girls can play’: sex integration in professional golf
