Actually, people in the golf world, who are on the inside of this issue say that Burke really screwed up here. Not because she can't win the case, or doesn't have rights to protest....but because Hootie Johnson is the most liberal president they've ever had at Augusta. The feeling is that he was already on the way to getting women admitted into the club. Now, Burke has ruined that and it will DEFINITELY NOT HAPPEN now. They will not do it under pressure from someone else. They will do it at their own time and she just made the wait a lot longer.

My personal belief is that this whole issue smacks of hypocrasy. I recently was a member of an all male a capella group and we never once received pressure to allow women in our group. Why? Because there was nothing to be gained by joining. We were small potatos. Burke and her organization are only interested in Augusta because they have something to gain. They would care less about Augusta if they hadn't turned their tournament into the best in the world. There are plenty of other all male clubs. Why aren't they going after those?