BY AAGD STAFF
May 5, 2020 — UPDATE on the case involving The Grandview Five:
“Today, the ladies all received a letter from the first woman president of the Professional Golf Association of America, Suzy Whaley,” says the Facebook post by Myneca Ojo, one of the five women involved in a 2018 golf course incident of alleged discrimination. The lawsuit alleges that an owner told a member of their fivesome group that they weren’t keeping pace, and treated them differently than other players on the course, who the lawsuit says were Caucasian and male.
In the May 5, 2020 post by Ojo (shown below) PGA President Suzy Whaley states “Your collective courage to stand up to the injustice inflicted by a facility owner has exposed that our industry, like society, still has its flaws.” Whaley continues, “All who embrace the game of golf must not be silent and you all have been a beacon for change.”
Suzy Whaley was elected the first female president of the PGA of America in November 2018 and became the 41st PGA president.
An investigation by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission found that the women had probable cause that they were “profiled, harassed, evicted and subjected to different terms and conditions of service because of their protected classes,” and granted them the right to sue, according to the lawsuit.
