Mass. Women Sues After Being Blocked from Men’s Golf Tournament

February 20, 2008

A Cape Cod, Mass. woman is suing the town of Dennis and its two public golf courses after she wasn’t allowed to play in a men’s tournament with her father.

Forty-three-year-old Elaine Joyce is a member of both the Dennis Pines and Dennis Highland golf clubs.

According to the suit filed last Friday, Joyce signed up to pair with her father in the clubs’ member-member tournament in May, but was not assigned a tee time.

The suit says her father was told he could play if he partnered with a man.

Joyce says she was told by town administrator Robert Canevazzi that the rules were part of the clubs’ “historic policy.”

Joyce’s suit says the gender bias is as unlawful as “whites’-only drinking fountains.”

Canevazzi could not immediately be reached for comment Monday.

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Information from: Boston Herald, http://www.bostonherald.com

Topics Lawsuits Massachusetts

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  • February 25, 2008 at 4:58 am
    Mary B. says:
    Well Susan -- those that cast the first stones...
  • February 25, 2008 at 10:37 am
    MN says:
    Wow what a bunch of professionals we were last week. (Not!) A lot of personal attacks/comments rather than staying on topic.
  • February 21, 2008 at 6:34 am
    Stat Guy says:
    I'm with you, she's knows the rules; she has an agenda other than just getting into a tournament, like maybe gold-digging???

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