Martha Burk Bogies Augusta National
The current flap over membership at the Augusta National Golf Club purports to center around female membership at an all-male golf club. Obviously, the controversy wouldn't have achieved such epic proportion if Augusta were not the home of the Masters Golf Tournament, one of the four national American events in the golf world called Majors. The Masters is a stop on the PGA, an all-male venue.
It's as if women were demanding to be allowed to play at Yankee Stadium, because the World Series has been hosted there more times than non New Yorkers care to remember. Intimidate the World Series sponsors and advertisers because women are not allowed to play on that hallowed ground.
Is this really an issue?
Salary equity in the job market between men and women is a legitimate issue, for sure. Long overdue and not yet fully achieved. But private club membership? Ms. Martha Burk, head of the National Council of Women's Organizations seems to think so, but the title of her organization is suspect in …