I'm sure many of you heard about Augusta National finally allowing women to be members of their club. It is a pretty historic day as Condi Rice and Darla Moore will soon get their green jackets and have access to play arguably the best course in the world. However I urge people to not get too worked up over it. The question that really needs to be asked is that should Augusta National be celebrated for doing something they should have done 50 years ago?
When I saw the news I was definitely happy for women golfers everywhere as this is a huge victory as they gain more access to restricted clubs across the country, but really it was not life altering. I was more like, "well ok, it was about time this happened." You look at the PR Augusta is getting for this and you also look at who they selected as members and it is hard to not think their are different motives behind this move.
Condi Rice is an amazing person with an amazing story to tell. She is basically like American royalty with all her connections to the White House over the years. Darla Moore is very rich and it begs the question. Will this trickle down to help the average female golfer? Only time will tell.
The other question I have is will the Women's Club Championship be stroke play or match play?
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