Diversity, Inclusion Exhibit at U.S. Open

As a part of a collaborative initiative by the USGA, The Nation Membership and City of Brookline to advance a dialogue on inclusion in golf, the USGA Golf Museum and Library debuted a fan exhibit on the 2022 U.S. Open Championship that showcased legends who broke down limitations to participation within the recreation.  

Titled “Exhausting-Earned Glory,” the exhibit celebrates golf’s unifying energy by connecting followers to highly effective tales delivered to life by means of images, digital highlights and 50 vital artifacts from the archives of the USGA Museum. The exhibit presents a broad timeline of key milestones in golf that mirror broader cultural actions by means of American historical past, from girls’s rights to civil rights, accessibility to the LGBTQ+ revolution.

.Exhibit highlights embody:

• Membership made and utilized by John Shippen (pictured, proper) the primary American golf skilled and the primary African American to compete in a U.S. Open (1896)
• Mashie niblick utilized by Francis Ouimet, 1913 U.S. Open
• A choice of United Golfers Affiliation trophies, ca. 1920-1975
• Putter and headcover used within the 1948 U.S. Open by Ted Rhodes, whose entry within the 1948 U.S. Open marked a important milestone within the historical past of golf and civil rights 
• “42” headcover utilized by Jackie Robinson, matching the baseball pioneer’s uniform quantity, ca. 1950
• Miniature U.S. Girls’s Open trophy awarded to Mickey Wright, 1964 U.S. Girls’s Open 
• Golf ball used within the 2006 U.S. Open by Tadd Fujikawa, who made historical past at age 15 because the youngest U.S. Open qualifier, and later the primary male skilled golfer to return out as homosexual
• Hat worn by Mel Reid, 2021 U.S. Girls’s Open
• Trophies from the U.S. Adaptive Open, the USGA’s nationwide championship for gamers with disabilities, which is able to debut in July at Pinehurst Resort & Nation Membership

“There isn’t any larger alternative than our largest platform, the U.S. Open, to have fun golf’s most inspiring tales and introduce new people to our recreation,” stated Mike Whan, USGA CEO. “Making certain a extra unified, accessible and inclusive recreation is critically vital for the way forward for our nice recreation.”