Gay golfers on pga tour

While women's golf has had several openly gay players through the years, the men's tour is waiting on its first. And, as Brandt Snedeker said on the upcoming season premiere of Golf. The LPGA Tour has long been a welcoming ward for lesbians, but gay men are entirely invisible on the PGA Tour and only slightly less so in the broader golf universe. A very short gay golfers list on PGA tour, college athletes, golf pros.

Tadd Fujikawa is first ever out pro golfer. Also include Greg Fitzgerald and Chris Noble. Are There Any Gay Pga Players? In a groundbreaking move for LGBTQ+ visibility in the world of professional golf, Tadd Fujikawa proudly shared his identity as an openly gay male professional golfer last month.

On Tuesday, Fujikawa became the first professional golfer to come out publicly as gay, hoping to serve as “an inspiration and making a difference in someone’s life.” Fujikawa, 27, posted a. Montoya made the revelation on the Golf Channel , and is believed to be the first openly gay caddie on the Tour. Montoya has almost 20 years of caddying experience, predominantly on mini-tours.

I feel like I'm walking on air. Brian has given me the greatest gift that I could ever get. I feel like he's given me my freedom. Montoya explained that he told Doug LaBelle II, who he used to caddie for, the news in , and his reaction gave him confidence: "I called him up and said, 'Hey, Dougie, there's something really important I want to tell you,' and I said, 'I'm gay'.

He paused and he said, 'it doesn't make any difference whatsoever'. When someone that is important to you accepts you for who you are, it's a big deal. Nevertheless, Montoya was reluctant to go more public about his sexuality for fear that if could affect his job prospects: "I think that it was mostly because that was my preconceived notion about the society of people that probably encompass the golf community.

I just felt like I would have a better opportunity to get and keep a job if I kept it hidden. Stuard said: "He told me that he'd been living with it for a number of years and it would be tough thing to have to feel like you couldn't tell anybody. I just wanted to make sure that he knew that it didn't change the way I felt about him, he's always been the same Todd to me.

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Montoya added: "I went out for dinner that evening and a text came through from Brian that said: 'I just wanted to say thanks for another successful year and I just wanted to say that I really appreciate that you told me and that I feel very grateful that you consider me close enough for you to open up. Don't think for one second that it makes me think any differently of you and the person you are.

Although Montoya is believed to be the first openly gay caddie on the PGA Tour, his news follows professional golfer Tadd Fujikawa, who also opened up about his sexuality in Montoya hopes he can inspire others who may be struggling with their sexuality to take a similar step: "My hope is that they can see someone who has taken that step and found in their life that it is okay to be yourself and be out.

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