Jessica Korda, who currently sits at 8-under par in a tie for ninth at the West Michigan-based tournament, didn't have to think twice about switching over her yardage book when approached about it. Reigning tournament champion and Olympic gold medalist Nelly Korda is using the cover, as is her sister Jessica. The book is being used by several ambassadors of Grant Thorton, an accounting firm, at the Meijer LPGA Classic this weekend. "Whether it be your sexuality, your gender, your race, your religion, I just feel like golf can be a little bit more inclusive."
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" if everyone was just a little bit more comfortable in their own skin because people are very quick to judge, especially in golf," Reid said. The words just mean that no matter who you are, to be true to yourself regardless of how others are trying to treat you. She didn't intend them explicitly to be directed at the members of the LGBTQ+ community. The brief phrase can have a different meaning to anybody who sees it sticking out of Reid's back pocket on the course. So she decided to add those four simple ones to the top of the book.
She also thought about how powerful words can be.
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"I think it's extremely important."ĭuring the design process, she knew she didn't want it to be as loud as last year's full rainbow look. "They asked me if I wanted to design it and I thought was a really cool opportunity and it's just awesome to be part of something like that," Reid said. Last year's edition was designed by Grant Thorton, one of Reid's sponsors.įor 2022, the company approached the Englishwoman to help design the cover. Reid, who came out as gay publicly in 2018, and several other LPGA and PGA pros used a less subtle cover with the brightly colored Pride flag emblazoned on it during Pride month in 2021. Scrolled across the top of her book are the words "Be Proud. Be You," with the colors of the Pride flag subtly embedded in the white cover of the book.
So while what's in between the cover of the book is paramount to success, for Mel Reid what's on the exterior is even more important. Truly anything a golfer needs to know is held within those pages. On the inside, it contains every speck of information about any given hole, how the green rolls, where to hit a shot to set up the best approach. Subscribe: Get unlimited access to our local coverage More: Sadena Parks returns to LPGA Tour with Blythefield member as caddy More: PHOTOS: Golfers compete in the Meijer LPGA Classic BELMONT - A yardage book is one of the most essential things a professional golfer takes on the course with them, as critical as their caddy or even their golf bag.
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