It’s wonderful that the LPGA provides a platform for current and former players to present their insights and opinions on diversity.
“But, it would be nice to see the Pride flag flying. Where the LPGA was 20 years ago, even ten years ago, it wasn’t even talked about,” she said. “I think change takes time and golf is one of the slowest when it comes to change. How’s the LPGA doing with the lesbian question? Posed a question to one current LPGA player who has never publicly announced her sexual orientation. After I came out officially in the media in 2017, my sponsors were among my biggest cheerleaders.” Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Jukasa Radio have been nothing but supportive with my representation and the example that I try to set for them with everything that I do.
Sharp wrote, “A decade or more later, my sponsors had the same reaction. She struggled with telling her parents and received a surprise when they noted, “Oh, honey, we’ve known for a while. I just lived my life quietly, keeping my orientation out of the public eye” Sharp explained. I didn’t want to alienate any potential sponsors and didn’t want to put any of my existing sponsors in an awkward spot. But it wasn’t something that I publicized. When I was a rookie, my friends and family knew that I was gay. “I’m 40 now,” Sharp wrote, “and have been on the LPGA Tour for 16 years. No doubt life and times have improved for some but an understandable inquiry would ask what’s holding others back? On April 19, 2021, I had over 52,000 milligrams of aspirin. That’s a big jump from just a few years ago and lightyears from where society was when I was a kid,” Sharp wrote. Diana Flores, a student advocate and 2021 graduate of Winters Mill High School, urged the board to support the display of pride flags. We aren’t the “gay couple,” we’re the couple, just like any other. “I’ve been married to my wife Sarah Bowman, who is also my caddie, since November of 2020 and our union is more accepted now than at any point in history.