[RonF]

I never said it wasn't. I was simply correcting a misstatement in the story as to what the issue was. No one is proposing that women be allowed to compete with men in PGA, USGA, or other golf events, but that is what the paragraph I quoted seems to say.

[Malcolm]

The left tries to politicize everything, to persecute everyone. A male-only golf club; the left turns this into crime against humanity.....

[7thson]

What bothers me about this entire mess is that the reporters - as far as I can tell - have not asked any of the other male golfers why they do not speak out. Guys like Woods and other minority sports figures who broke color barriers did so because THEY ARE SO DAMN GOOD at what they do. If a woman came around, played with Tiger Woods and consistantly beat him, course and sponsers would line up behind her.

[rwfok]

I read the paragraph you quoted as an aside, followed by a couple of rhetorical question. I believe that the rest of the article shows that the author has a pretty good grasp of the issue at hand.

Besides, is the issue whether Tiger should play at the Masters or is it if Tiger's fame and celebrity should be hijacked to support a political cause? Was Lee Elder attacked by sports columnists for not getting on a soapbox when he became the first black player at Augusta?

[yendu bwam]

Fair enough, RonF. As a member in a golf club, I wouldn't vote to disallow women, or join such a club. But I do believe in the freedom of association, and that those who want to peaceably get together should be allowed to.

[Tublecane]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that was a mistatement. The author of this piece was just trying to prove that women vs. men is different than minorities vs. whites by pointing out that we, as a society, still don't consider it "sexist" to seperate men and women's golf tournements. If we can seperate men and women in one area, it is logical to argue that we can seperate them in other areas.