The Masters has come and gone for another year. Tiger didn’t win, and time marches on. However, my purpose for this blog really goes back to last summer when Augusta National accepted its first two female members, Condoleezza Rice and Darla Moore. I saw the article then, thought about commenting on it but somehow didn’t. I was pleased that another wall had come down, but was also pleased that Augusta did it on their terms. I am sure you remember when there was an outcry regarding their policy and that a boycott of any company that advertised during the Masters was promised. In the category of “it must be nice to be REALLY Rich” Augusta said fine, we won’t have any sponsors. Having an exclusive club and making it difficult for anyone to get in is ok in my book. Excluding someone because of race, religion or sex really doesn’t make any sense to me.
Other than Augusta, I really never thought about a club not allowing women. However, I was reminded once again that it exists when I had lunch with one of our attorney’s in New York recently at his golf club. He commented that this was one of four men’s only clubs in the New York area. It also made me think of a book I enjoyed very much, “You’ll Know I am Dead When I Quit Talking” by and about Jerry Weintraub.
Jerry brought Frank Sinatra and Elvis back on the road and there are many delightful stories. One that stuck with me was that he was vacationing in Maine with his wife and went to the local tennis club to play, but was told there weren’t any courts available. This seemed odd to Jerry since most of the courts were empty. None the less they stayed with that story and Jerry went home. The real reason was that Jerry was Jewish. So Jerry’s wife has a friend in Maine and she calls him to complain. The next day George Bush senior, the friend, takes Jerry and his two boys George and Jeb to play tennis, and has Jerry as his guest. You don’t tell the president of the United States he can’t come on the court. Later George Senior sponsors Jerry for membership at the tennis club and the golf club with similar restrictive views. I already liked George, now I like him more.
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