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Article: Feminists to pressure PGA Tour sponsors; Seek new ways to sway Augusta.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 17, 2002
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Byline: Eric Fisher and Barker Davis, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The women's group that is trying to force Augusta National Golf Club to seek female members said yesterday it plans to target PGA Tour sponsors to put pressure on the club's leaders.
Martha Burk, head of the National Council of Women's Organizations, said the group will focus on the companies that sponsor the PGA Tour on a national level, a group that includes such heavy hitters as Anheuser-Busch and Bank of America.
Title sponsors of individual tournaments, such as Kemper Insurance, the namesake of the locally held Kemper Insurance Open, will not be targeted, she said.
"The ...