Discrimination replaced by diversity at Shoal Creek

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SHOAL CREEK, Ala. – Martha Lang steers her golf cart behind Shoal Creek’s sixth tee, stopping to admire the beauty in the valley that sprawls so lushly beneath Double Oak Mountain.

She is a member of the USGA’s executive committee, and she’s also a member at Shoal Creek and its board of governors.

For almost 30 years, she has relished the serenity she feels here.

“I’m so fond of this place,” Lang says.

Emma Talley feels the same way. She’s the 2013 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, the 2015 NCAA individual national champion and a Shoal Creek member. She’s also one of 156 players who will tee it up here this week at the U.S. Women’s Open.

“This is an amazing place,” says Talley, a…