The Augusta National Golf Club, site of the Masters tournament, has no female members. Quite intentionally.
Which would make it particularly rich if, some day, a woman broke through to the PGA (not the LPGA) tour, and ended up playing there.
Would they let her in? Would they bar the gates? Stand in front of the first tee, like a protester at Tianamen Square, defiant against the tank treads of modernity?
Well, we’re just a little closer to seeing something like that happen, as a woman, Suzy Whaley, has qualified for a PGA tournament, the first time that’s ever happened.
Wahley isn’t sure if she’ll play in the Greater Hartford Open next year. She’s not sure, frankly, she’s up to the course, and does not want to leave a bad impression about women players on national TV.
Still, the day is coming …