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Augusta National Golf Club, located in Augusta, Georgia, is a famous men's golf club. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts and designed by Alister MacKenzie on the site of a former indigo plantation, the club opened for play in January 1933. Since 1934, it has played host to the annual Masters Tournament, one of the four major championships in professional golf, and the only major played each year at the same course.
Read More at Wikipedia ›President Obama thinks women should be admitted as members to the all-male Augusta National golf club , the White House said Thursday.
Press Secretary Jay Carney conveyed the president's position just as the Masters tournament hosted by Augusta got underway. "He believes Augusta should admit women," Carney said. "Kind of long past the time when women should be excluded from anything." Carney said Obama thinks it's "up to the club to decide," but that Obama told him he personally thinks women should be welcome. Augusta's exclusion of women routinely has surfaced as a controversial issue, as the club is the longtime home of the prestigious Masters tournament. The issue has attracted particular attention as one of the club's sponsors, IBM, has a new female CEO, Virginia Rometty. The last four CEOs at IBM, all male, have been invited to be members. Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential front-runner, also said Thursday that he thinks women should be admitted at Augusta. The chairman of A...WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama believes women should be allowed to join the all-male Augusta National Golf Club, the White House said on Thursday, add...
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For Obama , It's All About the Single LadiesPresident Obama "believes Augusta should admit women. You know, we're kind of long past the time when women should be exc...
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By Matt SpetalnickWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama believes women should be allowed to join the all-male Augusta National Golf Club, the White House sai...
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