RealClearSports: Augusta Makes The Inevitable Decision

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Art Spander in Augusta National, articles, golf, sports and society

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

At its core, golf is one of the clearest and fairest of sports. Each swing counts a stroke. No umpire is needed as in baseball, no referee as in football.

The problem wasn't the game but rather the surroundings, the bigotry, the exclusion at certain courses because of race or religion. Or, as at Augusta National, gender.

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