Whaley to play in Greater Hartford Open

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Let's stir the pot.


Suzy Whaley has decided to enter the Greater Hartford Open in July, where she will become the first woman to qualify and play in a PGA TOUR event. She qualified for the tournament by winning the PGA Connecticut Sectional in September, the first woman to do so. She played from a forward set of tees, meaning she played a course 10 percent shorter than the men, at Ellington Ridge Country Club.

To me, if she qualified then she should be allow to play, and I'd like to see her play. But to play from a set of forward tees at 10% shorter, she didn't REALLY qualify. This is like cheating on every hole. How can the PGA allow this????? This is BRUTAL!!!!!!
You can't have some rules for some and not others.
If she wants to play with the men, that's fine, but she should qualify from the same set of tees. Whoever allowed this is making a joke of the PGA. Gary, any comment???????