PARLO
I started building PARLO because I kept leaving courses with memories that had nowhere to live, not necessarily because golf needed another review site.
Golf has become my landscape for studying recovery including everything what allows a woman to return to herself before, during, and after the round. I consider light, architecture, pace, the flowers outside the clubhouse, and the worn bench beneath an old tree. I reflect on the conversations that happen while someone cleans their clubs. All of it is part of the game.
Every course is a record born research, experience, and/or observation. Some are beautiful. Some are complicated, but all of them are honest.
You'll find regions, cities, and individual courses here, but you'll also find traces of history, design, art, literature, landscape, and the quiet rituals that have always existed around the game, all from a Black queer women’s perspective. PARLO welcomes golf course recommendations from women golfers all across the world; these contributions only make the stories and impact richer.
REGIONAL ARCHIVES
LOCAL ARCHIVES
COURSE ARCHIVES
Broad landscapes that document the environmental, cultural, and architectural character of golf across the United States.
Cities and golf communities that reveal how local culture, history, hospitality, and landscape influence the experience of the game.
The foundational unit of PARLO that explores the individuality of a local golf course experience.
BECOME A CONTRIBUTOR
The strongest archives are never built by one person alone.
While every published entry follows the standards of the my practice, thoughtful contributions from women golfers truly make PARLO what it is becoming. Field observations, historical discoveries, photographs, and lived experiences all have a place here. They deepen our understanding of golf and the women who move through it.
PARLO grows one round, one conversation, and one careful observation at a time.