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...mail, Sam M. Johnson ’06 wrote, “I ended up signing up for just about every activity under the sun...I figure I can sort them out later...
...golfing terms, Hootie Johnson used too much club. When the chairman of Augusta National Golf Club--host of the prestigious Masters tournament--responded to a letter from Martha Burk, chairwoman of the National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO), who was inquiring whether the all-male bastion would consider women for membership, his response wasn't a polite "Thank you for your interest, but this is a private club." Nope. Johnson swung from the heels. Gripped it and ripped...
...Burk and then issued an incendiary press release asserting that Augusta would not be "bullied, threatened or intimidated" by the NCWO, which represents such groups as the American Nurses Association and the League of Women Voters. "We do not intend to become a trophy in their display case," Johnson declaimed. Then, in an unprecedented move, he booted the Masters' sponsors--Citigroup, Coca-Cola and IBM--so the companies wouldn't face criticism by association. The commercial-free move will cost the club some $7 million in forgone revenues...
Rather than snuffing the dispute, Johnson inflamed it, threatening the holy grail of corporate perks--membership at Augusta. Says Burk, taking the next shot: "We'd like to look at the corporations the members represent and how memberships can be reconciled with corporate policies against discrimination and marketing practices to women. And I would also be interested as to who is paying for the memberships...
...member. General Electric is still paying the fees for retired chairman Jack Welch, according to papers filed in Welch's divorce proceedings. None of the golfing chiefs are talking: members are required to sign an agreement not to speak about the club, although one told TIME anonymously that Johnson's move came as a surprise. Another source within Augusta said the club doesn't consider gender diversity to carry the same imperative as ethnic or racial diversity. "To us," says this insider, "there's a big difference...