Lennetta Hay and her husband are the founders of Ologo Golf, an inclusive golf model that focuses on the massive and tall neighborhood.
Golf is a sport the place there isn’t lots of variety. Outdoors of Tiger Woods and a choose few, the Black neighborhood by no means actually related with golf. Ologo Golf desires to vary that, beginning with attire, ensuring all golfers have trendy outfits to put on. We spoke with Hay on Out Of Bounds to listen to why many Black individuals don’t golf and the way we will change that.
What made you wish to begin a golf model?
[The] underserved clients. The large and tall males, they’ve a restricted number of golf apparel, in colours, design and elegance. My husband is an enormous man [who] likes type, likes style.
Golf has a practice of being white. What wouldn’t it take for us to make golf extra enticing to our neighborhood?
[We need to] introduce the neighborhood to our neighborhood. Exhibiting them our kinds, that we even have a love for golf. And now we have the power to play and make it enjoyable and [stylish]… We’ve an area in golf too.
How did this partnership with Ne-Yo and the superstar golf event come about?
[We] partnered with Neyo and the Oasis Basis to serve youngsters. You’ll be able to’t be in enterprise with out serving anyone and what’s a greater neighborhood than youngsters?
The place do you see Ologo going within the subsequent 5, seven years?
I see us being a family identify model. I see us serving the massive man neighborhood. [The market is] slotted to be a $33 billion trade by the yr [2026], so I see us being one of many huge names.
What do you hope the Black neighborhood sees about golf by means of in the present day’s occasion?
That now we have a spot… that we shouldn’t be afraid to turn out to be members of golf golf equipment and issues. [We] should be out right here and play, we have to train our youngsters to play golf. [And to] my girls, look subsequent yr for Girls Ologo, we’re coming!