A Pennsylvania State Senator has now called for an investigation by the state’s Human Relations Commission into the incident at Grandview GC, where police were called after club officials told a group of African-American women that they were playing their rounds too slowly. The incident has also resulted in a similarly named club in Pittsburgh receiving threatening phone calls and negative online messages, and prompted national commentary about the level of racial inclusion in the golf industry.

The York, Pa., club has apologized for calling police on a group of black female golfers for allegedly playing too slowly and refusing requests to leave the course. The property owner offered to meet with the group, but one of the women, Sandra Thompson, said, “There needs to be something more substantial to understand they don’t…