I personally don't even see why he had to mention he was gay. Although being gay does seem to be the new fad, this just isn't the place to be advertising it in my opinion. A simple "hey I'm ryan and would like to add some new friends that are as interested in playing golf as I am" Maybe then while you are playing with those new friends, you can drop the gay bomb on them and go from there......during your personal time in game, not in public forum. Nothing wrong with being gay, just don't need it being advertised on a golf games' forum.
By the way, I hope you've been lucky in finding new friends :)
Merry Christmas