Outsiders in the Clubhouse

Todd W. Crosset is Assistant Professor of Sport Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He was an All-American swimmer at the University of Texas and a North Atlantic Conference Swim Coach of the Year before becoming a sociologist.

"The book burns with relevance. The use of ethnography to evoke women's descriptions of their own world is unique and effective. Too often, women's voices have been buried beneath the cultural devaluation of women's athletics. This book brings their voices to the forefront. Silences are being broken here." —Donald Sabo, D'Youville College"A fresh perspective on my everyday life as an LPGA tour player, this book isn't about getting a little white ball in the hole but what happens when you pull it out. Athletes and non-athletes can benefit from this inside- and outside-the-ropes look at women's professional golf." — Kim Shipman, LPGA tour player"This book provides crucial insights into the contradictions of women's professional golf—a place where women's performance is valued more than their appearance, and yet a place where traditional femininity and feminism often clash. Rich in detail, it provides the reader with a fascinating view of everyday life on the tour." — Helen Lenskyj, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education"Want to get inside the world of women's professional golf? From top to bottom? Read Outsiders in the Clubhouse." — Muffin Spencer-Devlin, LPGA tour player"Sports and gender sociology at their best, this ethnography is replete with vivid case studies and profound theoretical analysis. Even if you know nothing about golf, this superbly crafted book will fascinate you as it unravels the meaning of being a woman in contemporary society and the power of money and the media to shape everything!" — Shulamit Reinharz, Chair, Women's Studies Program, Brandeis University

• Introduction Part I. The Social and Historical Context of the LPGA 1. Out Here 2. Outsiders Inside the Tournament 3. Radicals among the Power Elite 4. Getting In and Staying Out Part II. Inside the Subworld 5. Doing Gender and the Prowess Ethic 6. The Prowess Ethic and the Parent Culture 7. The Image Makers 8. Interpresonal Relations on the Tour 9. Fans, Status, an the Gift of Golf Part III. The Ideological Struggle Over Women's Golf 10. The Corporate Image 11. Prowess and Transformation 12. Feminism and the Tour Part IV. The LPGA as an Agent of Social Change 13. Class, Race, and the Increasing Exclusivity of the Tour 14. Gender Equality and the LPGA Appendices A. Player ProfilesB. The MethodsC. Intergenerational Class and Occupational Mobility Chart Notes Bibliography Index