[rwfok]

This may be a response to the sports editorial that appeared in the Oklahoman a couple of days ago. It was very similar to a number of articles that appeared across the country deriding Tiger on his choice not to become embroiled in the debate over Augusta.

Here is the article from Wednesday. By the way, when did the DNC start faxing talking points to sports journalists?

[rwfok]

Sorry, here is the article from yesterday.

Tiger whiffs on his big shot to take a stand

[RonF]

"By the way, it's absurd to compare the men-only club rule with policies that once excluded blacks or Jews. Should women and men compete in the same golf tournaments? Is it "sexist" to insist that women can't compete against men in tournaments with the biggest payoffs? "

The issue isn't whether women should compete in the Masters. It's whether or not Tiger Woods should compete in a tournament that's held by a club that doesn't allow female members (both the Masters and the British Open qualify in this regard).

[Zon]

Woods, though, isn't comfortable in the role of world- changer. He wants to play golf. He devotes his time between tournaments to promote causes that aren't political. Yet those who want to abolish men-only golf courses think Woods should tee up their cause and hit that ball as far as his fame can take it.

It's as if she (Martha Burk, chairwoman National Council of Women's Organizations that started the flap) and the media expect they have a right of passage over Tiger Woods wherein he must accommodate them.

Tiger handled the media questions superbly.

[Movemout]

As I have said before, Tiger is an athlete who lets his club do his talking.

[mhking]

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[RAT Patrol]

AMEN! Excellent response.

[zoyd]

Augusta is Augusta... they didn't offer Arnold Palmer a membership until over 20 years after his first Masters win.

They protect their membership rolls very tightly. Kudos for Tiger for not becoming too embroiled in other people's battles.

[aruanan]

I was happy to see Tiger say what he did. The intro to the clip, though, was couched in terms of Tiger becoming embroiled in controversy for failing to take a stand for equal accomodation. I also enjoyed his forthrightness towards the photographers flashing their strobes as he was standing over the ball. I would have enjoyed it even more if it had extended to a little Happy Gilmore-like treatment of them.