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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	One woman's opinion
	Date:	4/5/2012 5:20:22 PM

disclaimer is that I am a pretty staunch supporter of equal rights for women.

Having said that, I don't really care. It's a private club of about 300 members. If they don't want women, they should not have to have women members. As I understand it, even with men, just because you can afford to belong there doesn't mean that you will be able to join. It's much more about social status than it is money or golf.

It would be interesting to know how many other private clubs do not admit women members. And it would also be interesting to know if there are any female clubs that don't admit men.

What makes it interesting this year is that IBM is one of the major sponsors of the tournament, and the CEO of IBM happens to be a woman. Traditionally, Augusta has extended a membership to the CEO of IBM -- and if Augusta doesn't change the rules and offer her a membership, then how will SHE (and IBM) explain their support to the rest of their female employees. IBM has refused to comment and their CEO is "traveling".

Don't know why it comes up every year. It's just not that interesting.