NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — The crowd ringing the 10th hole at Keene Trace Golf Club on Thursday morning included more young girls than typically appear at a PGA Tour event. They included Alaina Dalton, an 11-year-old golfer from nearby Lexington, who came with her father to watch Brittany Lincicome compete against men in the first round of the Barbasol Championship.
Alaina’s father, Kevin, thought the outing would deliver a powerful message. “It will give her a viewpoint that everybody should be on an equal stage,” he said.
Alaina, a budding golfer, said she had recently spent six weeks in a program where boys and girls practiced together, only to have the boys square off in a nine-hole competition at the end while the girls participated in a six-hole contest.