As a longtime member of the golf industry I can say with confidence that golfers have been driven by white men for a very long time. People like me, to be honest. That’s slowly changing, and one heroine leading the charge is a suburban Chicago woman named Courtney Trimble.
In the fall of 2021, I launched a company called Fore Hire. Its goal is to help young women who have played college golf find jobs in the golf industry. In a very short time, it has secured partnerships with the PGA of America as well as golf equipment makers Ping, Callaway, and Acushnet.
Trimble grew up in Atlanta and became a talented mini golfer. Better known by her maiden name Courtney Swaim, she was a four-time winner of the letters at Auburn University and was a three-time SEC All-American and a 2002 first-team All-American. She played in two women’s All-American slots and was a member of the victorious 2002 Curtis Cup team where she set a record 3-1.
Trimble is determined to bring former female collegiate players into the industry…