A decade after former Augusta National Golf Club chairman Hootie Johnson swore that the home of the Masters golf tournament would not admit women "at the point of a bayonet," the club has quietly invited two prominent women to join.
AUGUSTA, Ga. - The combination of major championship pressure and a golf course that severely punishes the tiniest mistake makes the Masters a tournament to be approached with bowed-head respect and sweaty-palmed trepidation.