OT: Augusta National...women's tourney...historic

[Blakeon18]

https://www.anwagolf.com/index.html

The link takes you to the site with info on the Augusta National women's amateur tourney....the first one.
April 3-6. Two rounds at a local course....cut...last round on Saturday to be played at Augusta National Golf Course.
There will be lots of TV coverage...especially on Saturday.
Given the history of the course regarding various forms of discrimination, this is a big deal....hopefully the players will enjoy it and there will be fans on the course....I would hope tickets for the public will be readily available....tickets for the Masters week starting April 8 are so hard to get.

This OT event will provide a bit of respite for UConn fans to either relax a bit getting ready for Sunday's game...or to provide some beauty to alleviate the angst if things go awry on Friday night.

BTW: Drive/Chip/Putt competition on Sunday for boys and girls ages 7-15. Augusta National has hosted this for several years and it is growing by leaps and bounds....another nice step forward for the course.

 

[augustaTC]

https://www.anwagolf.com/index.html

The link takes you to the site with info on the Augusta National women's amateur tourney....the first one.
April 3-6. Two rounds at a local course....cut...last round on Saturday to be played at Augusta National Golf Course.
There will be lots of TV coverage...especially on Saturday.
Given the history of the course regarding various forms of discrimination, this is a big deal....hopefully the players will enjoy it and there will be fans on the course....I would hope tickets for the public will be readily available....tickets for the Masters week starting April 8 are so hard to get.

This OT event will provide a bit of respite for UConn fans to either relax a bit getting ready for Sunday's game...or to provide some beauty to alleviate the angst if things go awry on Friday night.

BTW: Drive/Chip/Putt competition on Sunday for boys and girls ages 7-15. Augusta National has hosted this for several years and it is growing by leaps and bounds....another nice step forward for the curse.

Sold out almost immediately!

 

[Vowelguy]

What’s their slogan
“AFTER YEARS OF TREATING WOMEN AS 2nd CLASS CITIZENS, WE HAVE ENTERED THE 20TH CENTURY - YAY FOR US!!!”

 

[Blakeon18]

I for one am delighted that women and African Americans are now members.
Of course there are private clubs/organizations/schools that still refuse to end their discrimination policies in the 21st century....some of them among the best in the land...some of the colleges right in New England among them. In fact....they are selling the worth of their organization in part by touting that they ARE discriminating....and proud of it.