[mewzilla]

Considering the quality of the golf I've seen a lot of guys play, you don't want to got there, pard. There's got to be something else at work here. A wee bit of misogyny perhaps?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

This isn't about golf or the PGA tour, it's about radical feminists exploiting Augusta National to get media attention.

It's the same as PETA putting up billboards with anti-religion hate messages.

[Wolfstar]

Mewzilla, despite my posting name, which some may consider masculine, I am a woman. The answer to your question is really quite simple — and as old as humanity. There are times when guys like to get together with other guys so they have the freedom to act, well, like guys. And there are times when gals like to get together with other gals for the feminine version of the same thing. Nothing discriminatory about men's-only and women's-only associations.

This issue also has everything to do with liberty. If one person is forced to associate with another — no matter how supposedly lofty the goal — that is not liberty. Forced association can be characterized in many ways, but free would not be one of them. I can understand the argument in cases where tax dollars are used, but Augusta is a private club.

[Phantom Lord]

Women are allowed to play at Augusta National every day. Women are NOT banned from the place. There are private golf courses that DO NOT allow women to even set foot on their premises.

Augusta, as a PRIVATE OGRANIZATION has the constitutional right to freedom of association. They are free to allow who they want as a member and to deny membership to those they do not want. I am a man, and I have as much a chance of being a member at Augusta as does Ms. Burke.

Why do you think that Augusta should be required to allow women as members?

And when will the female only health clubs be required to allow male members?

[an amused spectator]

There's got to be something else at work here.

God couldn't get a membership at Augusta National without going on the waiting list AND having the members vote him in.

The members don't respond well to pressure or lobbying, from ANYBODY.