Comments on: Sportscasters Ignore Women’s Golf

By: Sherry

Sherry — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:11:49 +0000

Nicole, thanks for that stat ( I think). Not only is that frustrating, it is RIDICULOUS but until more women step it up and get involved by using their purchase power and voices to inlfuence the sponsors/advertisers we are just ‘spittin’ in the wind”!

By: Nicole LaVoi

Nicole LaVoi — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:17:50 +0000

Unfortunately you are correct in that decades of sport media research has proven that women get far less (6-8%) of sport coverage compared to their male counterparts. It is indeed frustrating! Nicole LaVoi’s last blog post..The “success” of Twitter in promoting women’s sports: ‘Show me the money!’

By: Katharine Sinderson

Katharine Sinderson — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:38:45 +0000

I had thought it was just over here in the UK that this happened with regard to this tournament, but I guess that was a little naive. I have rung, written to and emailed the BBC on several occasions over the past few years about their not giving the score on their regular sports bulleins, their not putting it as the main item on the golf page on their website and their continuing to describe the Masters, in their extensive coverage of that as ‘the first major of the season’. All it seems to no avail. Perhaps a few other people would like to try!! They are not the only offenders, and there are the odd honourable exceptions who do actually know which the first major of the season is, but as a self described public service broadcaster it really is inexcusable. I have read the suggestion that the tournament be moved to a little later, but there is so much sport going on that it might not make any difference to coverage, and of course how one major is ignored is part of your wider point about coverage generally.

By: Brian Allman

Brian Allman — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:01:32 +0000

go get’em and don’t take no for an answer! By the way, a lot of media are on both Twitter and Facebook, and it’s gives you more direct access to them.

I love a greengrass effort like this!

By: Sherry

Sherry — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:55:51 +0000

Great idea, Brian. I will start the campaign and ask all of my golf friends, male and female, to join in.

By: Brian Allman

Brian Allman — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:34:39 +0000

OK gang, here’s my suggestion after reading the comments above. Why don’t you/we use the incoming Cincinnati Duramed Tour to campaign the Broadcasters and Newspapers with all your local women AND men golfers and tell them (every station via phone, email and social networking) that you want coverage on this event and that you will starting watching which ever local station comes through with your request. I think if enough people tell them what they want to hear, they will respond accordingly. Hey, it’s worth a try!

By: Sherry

Sherry — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:58:26 +0000

Diane, I won’t hold my breath waiting for Cincinnati sportscasters to ‘step up’. The ‘Old Boys Network’ is alive and well here in Cincinnati!

By: diane

diane — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:34:28 +0000

As Mark Twain has been credited with saying, “When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati because it’s always twenty years behind the times.” If the real world hasn’t started getting women’s golf news yet, who knows when we will. One would think our local sports talking heads would want something fun and uplifting to report rather than the perpetual losers our local professional teams have become.

Cincinnati media will only acknowledge that which has a “hometown” connection. When the FUTURES Tour rolls into town next month I’ll be interested to see how much coverage it gets since only one player is local.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:47:24 +0000

Maybe sometime in the 21st century the print and broadcast media and advertisers will figure out that they are ignoring the wrong group!

By: TeeOff

TeeOff — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:56 +0000

Terrific article.

The great thing about the LPGA is that there stars are usually near the top of the leaderboard every week. Also, the many of the best players in the world play almost every week. The LPGA delivers great golf as proof in just the last few tournaments…Corona Championship and Kraft Nabisco Championship…a major won on the 72nd hole, classic. Ochoa and Pettersen dueling in Mexico was how golf should be and it is very unfortunate for fans that there was no broadcast.