Kate Upton is upset and misinformed about golf and that’s great

It’s not often that supermodels get mixed up in the golf news cycle, but just six months after appearing on Golf Digest’s cover with Arnold Palmer, Kate Upton is back at it again.

Upton tweeted the following yesterday:

Unfortunately for the two-time Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model, she didn’t quite have her facts straight.

LACC General Manager Kirk Reese told GolfChannel.com that it’s not true that women are not allowed to play before noon, and his private club has had female members since 1898.

The good news is that even misinformed mentions of golf by celebrities with Upton’s stature can help make the game more relevant, and a golfing Kate Upton certainly can’t hurt an industry that has lost 5 million of golfers in the last decade and has seen participation of 18-to-34 years olds drop by 30 percent.

Another silver lining in all of this? It appears that Upton has made a new golfing partner as a result of her tweet.