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She also attracted women, despite not being gay herself, although the lesbian nation likes to claim her as a sister.Įleven years ago, Sandy Sachs and Robin Gans, owners of the Los Angeles lesbian club Girl Bar, came to the tournament, were bored rigid, and saw an opportunity. Because Shore was a big Hollywood name, she was able to get friends in the business to give their support, and the event took off as her presence attracted all-important sponsors. Television personality Dinah Shore, a keen golfer and sports fan (whose other claim to fame was a six-year affair with Burt Reynolds), started the tournament in 1972, putting her name and money into the then grossly underfunded LPGA, when female golfers earned a pittance in comparison to the men and were rarely covered on TV. Much to the chagrin of the tournament's organiser, the LPGA, and its sponsor Nabisco, this elite event has become a sapphic debauch writ large, as lesbians from all over America converge in the desert for the Dinah Shore Classic. Instead they are here for some other sport Ð one long party, with nudity, girl-on-girl action and go-go dancers simulating sex on stage. There is a golf tournament in town and thousands of women have arrived, but not to watch the sport.