Chambers, an editor at Golf Digest and a columnist for the National Law Journal, presents a thorough, if somewhat dry, history of what she calls the "grass ceiling." She focuses on discrimination against women in so-called private golf and country clubs. As she demonstrates, the vast majority of them are not strictly private; despite their paid memberships, most enjoy property tax breaks and conduct business with the public in their bars, restaurants, pro shops and other facilities. Women rising in the corporate ranks want to use the clubs for networking and are embarrassed by having to accord with gender-based tee-off times, especially on weekends, and by other indignities, both major and minor. Chambers cites instances in which discrimination has been hobbled, if not eliminated, and offers suggestions for those who want to mount similar campaigns, whether by fighting from within the system or by taking the issue to the press and legislatures. First serial to Golf Digest.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Through many examples of discriminatory practices and legal cases, Chambers, a journalist specializing in legal issues, summarizes the historical and current situation for women golfers in America. The growing number of women playing golf and climbing the corporate ladder have caught the golf world by surprise, she claims. Some private clubs don't allow single women, toss out women who divorce, restrict prime tee times to men, bar women from their restaurants, or bar women from their grounds altogether. Businesswomen viewing golf as integral to corporate entertaining and networking feel the effects of the "grass ceiling," and some are fighting for change, incurring ostracism, shocking harassment, and even death threats. Somewhat repetitious, this book reads like an extended magazine article. The story of these inequities is important, but it is far from "untold." Public libraries can purchase where there is an interest.
Kathy Ruffle, Coll. of New Caledonia Lib., Prince George, B.C.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.