Norman: No place for women on men's tours
Greg Norman today urged golf's administrators to find a way of outlawing the increasingly popular practice of leading female players competing on the men's tours.
Norman was responding to the announcement last week that Laura Davies is to become the first female to compete in a European Tour event when she lines up at next week's ANZ Championship in Port Stephens, north of Sydney.
"I don't think it should happen. I don't think it is right," said the Australian, who would "seriously think about" withdrawing from an event which invited a woman to play.
"I think it has got to stop. It is up to our administrators to come up with the wording of our bylaw.
"We can't go and play on their tour because we weren't born female. That is the wording they have in their bylaws."
Ernie Els, in Melbourne to defend his Heineken Classic title this week, was more equivocal over the issue.
"If they are doing it for a publicity stunt, I am not for it," he said. "If they are trying to prove something to themselves, I can be."
