Michigan Golf Journal May 2019

DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ŶĂƟǀĞ dƌĂĐLJ West was in her late 20’s and working at a company called Pro Links Sports, which managed a half-dozen golf events, mostly on PGA dKhZ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ͘ WĂƌƚ ŽĨ her job was to recruit players to appear at special events. ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ͕ ƐŚĞ ĂůƐŽ went through a couple of ƉƌĞŐŶĂŶĐŝĞƐ ʹ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŶŝŽƌ golfers came to view her as something of a daughter ĮŐƵƌĞ͘ “In a way, it was easier for me to try and cajole them into playing in pro-ams and things like that,” West said. “They had to at least ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ŵŽƌĞ͕ probably, to say ‘no’ to me than maybe one of the male tournament directors right away.” Editor’s Note: This ƐƚŽƌLJ ĮƌƐƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ on PGATOUR.com on March 19. Our thanks go to Helen Ross for ŐƌĂŶƟŶŐ ƉĞƌŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ to reprint. This is an ĞĚŝƚĞĚ ƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ what she wrote; the ĞŶƟƌĞ ƉŝĞĐĞ ĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ͘ No Longer a Novelty &ĞŵĂůĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶĚĞƌ dƌĂĐLJ tĞƐƚ͕ ĂƌĞ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ Ăůů ƉĂƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ W' dKhZ Photo Credit: Michael McCoy Michigan Golf Journal i der Working the PGA Tour