Augusta National admits first female members
 

Tweets flying about this news:
RT @cbrennansports: Breaking News: #Augusta National accepts 2 women members: Condi Rice and S.C. businesswoman Darla Moore. #golf

Pretty much everyone knows who Condoleezza Rice is, but Darla Moore is a very well known businesswoman from South Carolina. Her name is on the University of South Carolina School of Business: http://mooreschool.sc.edu/about/lead...arlamoore.aspx

I was just about to start a new thread on this, 2 minutes late!!!
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/...ore/57160252/1

I Heart Condi Rice!!!!

Interesting.

Here's the USA Today article on it: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/...ore/57160252/1


EDIT: Too slow.

Me too....she should run for president

Good on them. I bet they would have brought the lady from IBM on if their wasn't some media scrutiny over Masters week.

Cool. So there's that. Which is nice.

I suppose it's news but it doesn't change much in terms of how I view Augusta National and more specifically The Masters.

Full press release from Augusta National: http://www.masters.com/en_US/news/ar...465277666.html

Billy Payne, Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament, confirmed today that Secretary Condoleezza Rice, of Stanford, Calif., and Darla Moore, of Lake City, S.C., are new members of Augusta National Golf Club.

Payne offered the following statement on behalf of the Club:

“This is a joyous occasion as we enthusiastically welcome Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Darla Moore as members of Augusta National Golf Club.

“We are fortunate to consider many qualified candidates for membership at Augusta National. Consideration with regard to any candidate is deliberate, held in strict confidence and always takes place over an extended period of time. The process for Condoleezza and Darla was no different.

“These accomplished women share our passion for the game of golf and both are well known and respected by our membership. It will be a proud moment when we present Condoleezza and Darla their Green Jackets when the Club opens this fall.

“This is a significant and positive time in our Club’s history and, on behalf of our membership, I wanted to take this opportunity to welcome them and all of our new members into the Augusta National family.”

Very interesting, I didnt think we were far away from this happening.

yup me too. She wants to be the commissioner of the NFL

What are they going to protest about now?

Is there lady teeboxes or will there be?

I have pretty mixed emotions, but if they really did this as a business move rather than folding under the pressure then I'm all for it.

She can be anything in my opinion. Incredibly bright and one of the most driven people I have ever met.

No such thing as ladies tee boxes dude. Only forward tee boxes.

I agree with this. Though I have never met her, I think she is very bright and has obviously been very successful in just about everything she has done.

yup, which is way cooler than President...LOL

Good article and deserving members. I always appreciated that they made the decisions for themselves and that they didn't let scrutiny force their hand when this has come up in decades/years past. This seems more genuine then just folding when first questioned about it.

Fail on my part.

I wonder what kind of handicaps they have?