[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).

[yendu bwam]

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).

Why shouldn't he compete wherever he wants? Why shouldn't men have a place where they want to hang around together (or women, for that matter)? Why is it any of our business?

[aruanan]

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).

Well, of course he should, if he wants to. Just as, in the same way, the owners of a club should be able to exclude anyone they want from membership. As Tiger said, "It's a private club. They set the rules."

[dodger]

It's whether or not Tiger Woods should compete in a tournament that's held by a club that doesn't allow female members ....

I wonder what NOW would have said had he applied to Wellesley rather than Stanford?