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ITS MASTERS WEEK!!!!!! http://www.masters.org/en_US/index.html They have live video feeds up and running. The live feed from the driving range is up and running.

What really defined this year's Masters golf tournament, which ended Sunday, was its emotional extremes. Not in a long time has one of golf's majors (or any sporting event, for that matter) taken fans on such an emotional rollercoaster, from extreme sadness to extreme joy, in such a short period of time. With the hubbub of last year's controversy about Augusta National Golf Club's men-only membership policy all but a distant memory, this year had but one focus: golf. And after yesterday, few fans were left disappointed. But before Sunday's joy, the sadness: The tournament opened Thursday with news of...

Martha Burk, Margaret Sanger and the neo-Nazi by Dan Coyne Commenting upon Augusta National Golf Club's decision to admit only male members, superfeminist Martha Burk recently stated, "When the KKK comes on your side, you have officially lost all argument." Let's put the Burk Principal to the test. Burk is chairman of a radically pro-abortion outfit called the National Council of Women's Organizations. Planned Parenthood is one of the member organizations of the NCWO. In 1926, Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, was a guest speaker at a KKK rally in Silverlake, New Jersey. Yes, it appears the...

Burk loses appeal, may use loophole Patrick Hruby THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published April 11, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATLANTA — Martha Burk isn't budging, either. One day after chairman Hootie Johnson reiterated Augusta National Golf Club's desire to remain an all-male institution, Burk lambasted the host of the Masters, reserving her harshest words for the club's executive members and wealthy corporate patrons. "Hootie Johnson said yesterday that these CEOs are solidly behind the current sex discrimination policy," Burk said at a news conference held outside the Martin Luther King Jr. Center. "You believe it's right, Mr. CEO, come out and tell us....

On the eve of the Masters Tournament, Katie Couric just finished a segment on the controversy surrounding the male-only membership of Augusta National, the host of the Masters. Immediately preceding the interview, The Today Show cunningly positioned a segment focused on women in combat in Iraq, including an extended interview with a woman pilot of a Chinook helicopter. The obvious message: "women are willing to fight and die for their country overseas, but back home are denied access to Augusta." Boo-hoo. How about all those men at war who couldn't have attended Hillary's alma mater, Wellesley, and similar institutions? In...

Arnold Palmer, who bid an emotional farewell last year at the Masters, is returning for an encore. Arnold Palmer wants some more adventure at Rae's Creek and the Masters. The 73-year-old Palmer, a four-time winner of the green jacket, decided Saturday to play in the Masters for the 49th consecutive year, spokesman Doc Giffin said. That would tie Doug Ford for the most times playing in the tournament. Giffin said an announcement was expected Monday from Augusta National. ''I can only say he loves to play in that tournament,'' Giffin said. The decision comes one day after Jack Nicklaus, 63,...

[ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 11/18/02 ] NYT joins Masters fray, urges Tiger to skip it Associated Press New York -- The New York Times suggested in an editorial Monday that Tiger Woods skip the Masters next year because of the all-male membership at Augusta National Golf Club. ''A tournament without Mr. Woods would send a powerful message that discrimination isn't good for the golfing business,'' the editorial said. Augusta National declined comment. but in interviews this month, Augusta National chairman Hootie Johnson was adamant that a woman would not be among the 300 members at Augusta by the start of...

William W. "Hootie" Johnson, chairman of the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, came to Martha Burk's attention last April. She was in Texas visiting grandchildren and saw him on TV. Burk and a daughter-in-law were watching the Masters, which is played at Augusta. "The tournament was over," Burk recalls. "Tiger Woods has won, and it's time for the green jacket. So this guy comes out on camera and he says" -- here Burk deepens her own Southern drawl in imitation -- " 'Ah'm Hootie Johnson, prezzz-a-dint of thuh Uh-gust-a National Golf Club.' "

<p>NEW YORK (AP) -- The Masters is going commercial-free, dropping its corporate sponsors to avoid pressure on them by a women's organization that challenged Augusta National's all-male membership.</p> <p>Club chairman Hootie Johnson on Friday notified the tournament's three sponsors -- IBM, Citigroup and Coca-Cola -- that the Masters "will not request their participation" in 2003.</p>

In a defiant statement about the privacy of Augusta National, chairman Hootie Johnson lashed out at a national women's group Tuesday for urging the club to have female members before next year's Masters. "Our membership alone decides our membership -- not any outside group with its own agenda,'' Johnson said in a surprisingly long and angry statement. The National Council of Women's Organizations, which has about 6 million members from 160 groups, sent a letter to Johnson on June 12 after chairwoman Martha Burk read reports about Augusta National not having women among its 300 members. Lloyd Ward, the first...

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