Martha Burk and her women’s advocacy group first challenged the club 10 years ago over its all-male membership. The debate returned this year when IBM, one of the top corporate sponsors of the Masters, appointed Virginia Rometty as its chief executive. The previous four CEOs of Big Blue had all been Augusta National members.

The battle ended in typical style for Augusta National, with an understated announcement that left even Burk stunned.

“Oh my God. We won,” she blurted out when contacted by The Associated Press.
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I will explain this slowly. Martha Burke had ZERO to do with women being allowed at Augusta. And BTW, there are still plenty of other golf clubs in America that don’t allow women to be members, including one in Chicago. Also, woman have always been allowed to play there but had to be invited by a member, just like everyone else.