WOMEN AT AUGUSTA
Now I’m not gonna drive off a cliff here -- at least I hope not -- but women at augusta is a uhhhhhhhhhhhh … interesting issue
Arnold Palmer says it’s a good thing … and I never disagree with Arnold Palmer … but a couple of points - while I do think Martha Burke was and is an idiot … and while I do think not admitting members to your club because of their race or gender is morally reprehensible …. In the words of the great Chris Rock … “I UNDERSTAND”
There’s a part of me … albeit a small part … but a part of me that thinks any “club” should have the right to decide who the “members” are -- not a public restaurant … not a school -- not a bar … but a “club” choosing to expose their social ignorance doesn’t bother me as much as it probably should ----
Do I not have the right in America to associate with people who think and act like I do …. ?? I would never join a club of any kind that decides their membership on race --- and the golf courses I have joined it’s always my 1st question … well maybe the 2nd … had to ask how much 1st --- but when I run for president I didn’t want somebody bringing up that I played golf at an all white club and I don’t
But women ??? okay I’m a male chauvinist pig … -- but sometimes - I’m just saying -- sometimes it “bothers” me that I have to change my “behavior” because there are women around -- and if I’m paying for that purpose --- as bad as that purpose may well be -- does that really make me Rush Limbaugh ?????
Condoleeza Rice gets to be a member at Augusta …. She gets to play where the legends have played … she gets to play where I have always dreamed of playing …. I told Byron Nelson one time -- TRUE STORY ALERT -- I told Mr Nelson if I could find someone or knew someone who could get me on Augusta I would do ANYTHING for that man --- ANYTHING
Nelson looks at me and says … “Dale - it’s gonna be real hard for you to ever play Augusta”
I shoulda been a woman
email me your thoughts at dhansen@wfaa.com
dale
