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Perhaps because both names are connected with golf, the high-minded reformers who want to drag the Augusta National Golf Club into the 21st century seem to have mixed up Tiger Woods with Bagger Vance--the angelic black caddy in the eponymous film who uses supernatural powers to help a white golf pro get over the yips and straighten out his love life. Or perhaps they have confused the world's best golfer with the hulking black convict in The Green Mile, played so powerfully by Michael Clarke Duncan, who never gets a chance to use his supernatural powers...
...real fight is between those who believe the Augusta's rules against women are an ugly anachronism and the white-male golf hierarchy that stands behind those rules. The National Council of Women's Organizations sounded the first trumpet of the crusade, and it was quickly taken up by the New York Times, which published nearly three dozen articles on topics ranging from the possibility of protesters disrupting the Masters Tournament to the failure of tournament broadcaster cbs to take a stand on the issue. I think the Times went a step too far, however, when it published an editorial...
...have to bite the bullet,” said Fitzgerald School Principal Chris Augusta-Scott. “There’s no easy...
...Alessandro’s new “hybrid” plan, which Augusta-Scott said the majority of principals endorsed, also builds on the middle school model, creating two 6-8 programs while allowing four schools to remain...
...NCWO has now urged CBS, the television network that will broadcast next year’s Masters Tournament, to drop its coverage in protest of Augusta’s refusal to admit a female member. Unfortunately, CBS continues to persist in its support of Augusta. For that reason, when the Masters is aired in April, men and women alike should take action, grab their remote controls and change the channel...