Paula Creamer hopes Augusta National will allow an LPGA event at the sprawling course sooner than later
As difficult as it may sound, LPGA stars are eager to get an opportunity to play on the revered Augusta National and also often contemplate holding an LPGA title event at the course which remains out of bound for women.
Recently, the club chairman Billy Payne skilfully avoided questions regarding the discriminatory policy of the club and said that the policy matters are strictly club’s private affair and only the board members have the authority to make changes in it.
Paula Creamer, the 2010 US Women’s Open winner considers it would be a privilege to get a chance to tee-off at the sprawling course and hopes that one day she will get a chance to make her dream come true.
She said, “Of course that would be something. That's when we'd know we had really made it, if something like that happened
Brittany Lincicome said, "Even just to get an invite to go play a practice round or to go and play that golf course would be amazing”.
Augusta National’s membership policy was again brought back in limelight ahead of this year’s Masters where the winner Bubba Watson also lamented the discriminatory policy of the club.
LPGA’s top-notch event, Kraft Nabisco Championship is often regarded as the parallel of Masters and some of the female golfers are of the view that they do not require Augusta’s approval of their credibility.
Angela Stanford, who won a title in Singapore this year, stood her ground and insisted that the LPGA does not need a title on the Augusta National.
She said, "I think they need to allow a female member before they even talk about that. Me personally, no, I wouldn't like that. I think Kraft Nabisco is kind of like our Masters. I love that tradition. I love everything about that event”.
Augusta National being a private club, has the unrestricted right to allow whosoever wants to be its member and extends them the opportunity to play at the coveted course.
The United States Constitution also provides complete cover to Augusta National’s decision and the discriminatory policy cannot be challenged in the court.
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