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Women and Augusta National, Yes or No?
The question of whether Augusta National should allow women to join the club is being asked once more, the same week the Masters is being played.
The age-old question of whether Augusta National Golf Club should allow women to join the club is in the news again, with a backdrop of the Masters starting Thursday.
This time it involves Virginia Rometty, the first female chief executive of IBM. The company is a major sponsor of Augusta National's Masters Golf Tournament, and up to now its CEOs have always been given membership in the club.
But none has ever been a woman. So what happens now—will Augusta National open its doors to women?
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