Wednesday, 18 January 2017

Beauty picked over talent as magazine renews golf sexism debate

Miss New York Kira Kazantsev wins the 2015 Miss America contest.


Golf is under fire again for promoting sex appeal ahead of talent.

Last year there was disappointment that world No 1 Lydia Ko was overlooked for a cover shot on Golf Digest, who preferred serial self-promoter Paige Spiracle with her looks and massive social media presence.

Now Golf magazine has raised eyebrows with its latest edition featuring its fourth annual presentation of the "Most beautiful Women in Golf".

The 2017 parade includes pro golfers Cheyenne Woods, Danielle Kang, Belen Mozo and the sister duo of Jessica and Nelly Korda. But from there it gets a bit cloudy.

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The wife and daughters of former star Ben Screensaver feature, as do a former Miss Idaho (Melissa Jones, wife of PGA Tour pro Matt Jones), golf-mad Miss America winner Kira Kazantzakis, as well as Fox Sports golf and NFL reporter Holly Sanders.

Sanders earns the plaudit of being the only woman to appear in all four editions of the annual lineup.

Some of the golfing links are tenuous at best and have raised the ire of former LPGA Tour professional Anya Alvarez, with the American penning a pointed column for The Guardian.

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