Last month, golfer Amy Olson took the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open course for the seventh time in her career while handling a unique challenge. At seven months pregnant, Olson competed at Pebble Beach, one of golf’s most significant stages, which was headline news.

Her story was extensively covered before she teed off, giving her a “renewed faith in humanity” due to what she saw as a celebration of life. Olson told Fox News Digital, “I didn’t even expect the reaction when I played in the U.S. Open, seven months pregnant. I didn’t expect that to get as big as it did. And to me, that was the most encouraging thing. It was like people were celebrating life no matter what your belief is on it or whatever.”

Olson continued, “I’ve played six other U.S. Opens in my career, and I never received the attention, especially leading up to the tournament, that I did this year. So, to me, that tells me that our culture intuitively knows there is something special and that life does matter even before it’s born. So, it was like, ‘OK, I have a renewed faith in humanity.’ And that was exciting for me.”

Olson said her fellow competitors were nothing but supportive on the course. “It was so supportive. Everybody was really excited for me, really proud of me,” Olson said. “I received nothing negative, honestly. Like nothing negative the entire week, especially from my peers. Everybody just wants to come up and touch your belly, which is a little bit different. That’s not a normal experience on the golf course.”

Olson had a good amount of media coverage and the support of her competitors. However, according to Steve Eubanks, a former senior writer at Global Golf Post, not all the angles of her story made headline news. Eubanks told TheBlaze he was tasked with writing a preview piece on the U.S. Women’s Open and chose Olson as the subject of his piece.

During his discussion with Olson, the LPGA golfer expressed her Christian and pro-life views, diving into the “irony” of the coverage of her competing while seven months pregnant, which coincided with the first anniversary of Roe v. Wade being overturned. In the interview with Eubanks, Olson also discussed the challenges of being an outspoken Christian.

According to Eubanks, the staff at the Global Golf Post “went ballistic” after he filed the story to the editorial team. After several “back-and-forth phone calls,” Eubanks claims the editor-in-chief of Global Golf Post called and said, “‘The only way we will run this piece is if we take out the abortion and the Christian stuff.'”

At that point, Eubanks said he immediately resigned from the publication after 12 years. When asked about her reaction to the piece not running, Olson told Fox News Digital she didn’t necessarily approach her interview with Eubanks to discuss her views, instead wanting to discuss the two different experiences one year apart.

Despite her challenges, Olson hopes being outspoken will encourage others to stay strong in their beliefs.  She told Fox News Digital, “I would love to see people being more comfortable sharing. And even if it’s disagreed with, I just think we should be able to have the conversation in a rational and an open dialog. It’s the only way you find out if you’re wrong about opinions is by hashing it out with people that disagree with you. We shouldn’t fear that.”