PGA Commissioner Finchem: Masters 'not doing anything illegal ...
(by discriminating).
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Although the PGA Tour does not allow courses that host its tournaments to discriminate in its membership policy, commissioner Tim Finchem on Wednesday said that it doesn't hold Augusta National to the same standard due to the lofty status of the Masters.
The year's first major championship is co-sponsored by the PGA Tour, which means that a victory in the tournament and money earned count toward the tour's records.
"The position of the PGA Tour hasn't changed,'' Finchem said during a news conference prior to the Players Championship at the TPC Sawgrass that covered a variety of topics. "We have a policy that says when we go out and do a co-sanctioned event, we are going to play it at a club that is open to women members, open to minority members, etc. And we follow that policy carefully.
"In the case of the Masters, we have concluded a number of times ... we are not going to give up the Masters as a tournament on our tour. It's too important.* So at the end of the day, the membership of that club has to determine their membership. And they are not doing anything illegal.''
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*Oh, just say it you fraud: "It makes us too much money."
You know, I've had it with Augusta. Fuck them.