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For my second current issue paper I decided to discuss the battle taking place between Augusta National Golf Club and the National Organization of Women (NOW). The women of NOW are demanding that Augusta National allow women to join the club, while the chairman of Augusta Hootie Johnson has said no. It has been a heated issue during the past months and has drawn national attention. I don't believe that is should have gone this far as Augusta being a private club can choose who they want in their club. Women should be treated as fairly as men, blacks as fairly as whites and so on. I am for equal rights and everything it represents but sometimes a cause gets lost in the confusion and I believe this is one of those ti
How can that make sense? Because a group of women decide that it is not "fair" that Agusta ban the membership of women the continuation of one of the most prestigious golf tournaments in the world is being put in jeopardy. I believe that Augusta National is correct in standing by their rules and not allowing a group of women to force them into anything. The essence of a private club is privacy. It is insidious to attempt to use one to alter the other. That alone should be the sole concern of the NOW organization. Women who are guests of members are allowed to play and do play on the course. It just so happens to be a stop on the PGA schedule each year. women play hundreds of rounds each year. Sponsors help offset the cost of the tournament somewhat. Augusta may throw a few fund raisers now and then but the fact still remains that it is a private club for the sole use of it's members and their guests, which can be men or women. Augusta does not ban women from their golf course. As Hootie Johnson said, " Augusta National and The Masters are quite different.
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