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Clemson Conqueror [11280]
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Augusta adds two female members
Aug 20, 2012, 11:17 AM
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Condi Rice and Darla Moore.
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Orange Blooded [3788]
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No way***
Aug 20, 2012, 11:18 AM
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Clemson Conqueror [11280]
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Afraid so
Aug 20, 2012, 11:20 AM
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I think Hootie Johnson was instrumental in getting Moore in.
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TigerNet Elite [75000]
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I wouldn't have announced this
Aug 20, 2012, 11:27 AM
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I'd have just done it quietly and then waited for some twit to raise another stink like Burke did. then you point out the baselessness of their argument and laugh while they scraped the egg off their face.
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Clemson Icon [26050]
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Re: I wouldn't have announced this
Aug 20, 2012, 1:39 PM
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As expected, that a** clown Martha Burk was quick to take credit. According to the A.P. story (tried to cut/paste with no luck), Burk said, "Oh my God. We won. It's about 10 years too late for the boys to come into the 20th century, never mind the 21st century. But it's a milestone for women in business." Now, maybe Burk will move on to more vital and touchingly sensitive issues like freeing Julian Assange.
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Recruit [84]
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I can't believe they caved!
Aug 20, 2012, 11:32 AM
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They were kind of the last standing non-PC establishment in america. I loved the fact that they didn't allow themselves to be bullied. Oh well. At least it was on their timetable.
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Expert [1716]
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there's always chickfila
Aug 20, 2012, 11:33 AM
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Walk-On [113]
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Re: Augusta adds two female members
Aug 20, 2012, 11:36 AM
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At least they did it right...these are two women who are deserving of the honor.
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Orange Blooded [3788]
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Agreed
Aug 20, 2012, 11:40 AM
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I'm glad Hootie didn't back down in 2002 and they waited to do it the right way.
Still shocking to me that it happened at all though.
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Recruit [84]
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Offensive Star [323]
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In related news....
Aug 20, 2012, 11:43 AM
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Chanel named official designer of new Masters green pantsuits. Leave it to a USUC grad to screw up a great institution.
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CU Guru [1245]
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Re: In related news....
Aug 20, 2012, 11:52 AM
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Hootie Johnson is also a South Carolina grad and he did a great job running Augusta National
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Legend [6865]
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Wow! Nevery one knows his handicap!***
Aug 20, 2012, 12:04 PM
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Orange Immortal [68264]
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In other words....
Aug 20, 2012, 12:18 PM
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things worked-out for him in spite of the sub-standard education he received from the University of Second Choice.
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Clemson Conqueror [11280]
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Re: In related news....
Aug 20, 2012, 12:22 PM
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Have you been smoking crack? Hootie Johnson was a disaster as the Chairman of Augusta National. He was asked to step down and never would have been appointed as Chairman to begin with except for the fact that Jack Stephens lobbied for him.
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Orange Immortal [68264]
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By $CU standards, that would be considerd above average.***
Aug 20, 2012, 12:25 PM
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Paw Master [16703]
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Please tell us what Hootie Johnson did that was so great?
Aug 20, 2012, 1:30 PM
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Masters pretty much runs itself.
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Orange Blooded [3788]
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Allowed network coverage
Aug 20, 2012, 1:50 PM
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of all 18 holes
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Clemson Conqueror [11280]
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Re: Allowed network coverage
Aug 20, 2012, 1:59 PM
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That would have been a decision of the club's Executive Committee, but it's possible that Johnson raised the issue and advocated that coverage be expanded.
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Orange Immortal [68264]
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Hootie was a real visionary....
Aug 20, 2012, 2:26 PM
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for advocating something that every other televised PGA event has been doing for decades.
Ah the value of an $CU education.
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Clemson Conqueror [11280]
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Re: Hootie was a real visionary....
Aug 20, 2012, 2:36 PM
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The only reason Hootie became Chairman was because of Jack Stephens. Stephens was beloved by all the members and considered the best Chairman the club ever had. Stephens and Hootie were friends, and when Stephens had to step down because of health reasons, he lobbied the Excutive Committee to give the job to Hootie. Out of respect for Stephens, Hootie was made Chairman. I was told by a member of the club that Hootie wouldn't have had a chance in hell of getting the job except for that.
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CU Guru [1245]
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Re: Hootie was a real visionary....
Aug 20, 2012, 2:55 PM
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Thats not only shortsighted but mostly incorrect.
A chairman at augusta doesnt stay on for years as a favor for anyone
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CU Guru [1245]
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Not smart
Aug 20, 2012, 2:53 PM
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Pga events do a lot of things augusta refuses to do
Thats why augusta is special
Its knowing what and when that makes the difference-
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Orange Immortal [68264]
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There is nothing special....
Aug 20, 2012, 3:07 PM
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about a short-sighted decision not to televise the play through the front nine. As Augusta soon discovered, it is something they should have been doing all along because it only further enhanced the interest in the tournament.
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CU Guru [1245]
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Impossible to know now
Aug 21, 2012, 8:44 AM
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There are plenty of people that believe the decision not to televise the front for so long-
enhanced the excitement when it was covered.
Plus, there was a tradition involved- and Augusta doesn't change just because "other PGA events" do something different.
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Orange Immortal [68264]
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Hootie Johnson did that when he got Lou Holtz in.***
Aug 20, 2012, 12:03 PM
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n/m
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Ultimate Clemson Legend [109405]
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hope they don't put too much
Aug 20, 2012, 12:28 PM
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dukes on the sammiches.
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Clemson Sports Icon [59000]
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Condi Rice should be in
Aug 20, 2012, 1:51 PM
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...not so sure about Darla Moore.
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Offensive Star [323]
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All Carolina grads know
Aug 20, 2012, 2:29 PM
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That Hootie is a blowfish. When Augusta let Holtz and Bill Gates in, then I knew they were ruining a great club. Hootie's leadership sucked IMO.
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CU Guru [1245]
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Can you cite some specifics on
Aug 20, 2012, 3:00 PM
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What "sucked" about it?
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Clemson Conqueror [11280]
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Re: Can you cite some specifics on
Aug 20, 2012, 3:20 PM
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You mean like devising a formula that would have prevented prior champions like Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer from competing. He backed off that pretty quick after his stupidity was exposed.
You mean like planting unneeded trees all over the course. Nicklaus was quoted as saying that every other course in the world was pruning trees while Augusta was planting them.
You mean like the incompetent manner in which he handled the entire Martha Burk situation, a blunder that resulted in the club foregoing advertisement revenue for two years.
How much more do you need to demonstrate that Johnson is an idiot?
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CU Guru [1245]
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Here are some specifics for you - from 2 people that
Aug 21, 2012, 8:42 AM
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know Hootie well- and have covered him for decades
http://www.thestate.com/2012/08/21/2407229/former-augusta-national-chairman.html
Stubborn? Without question, friend and foe agreed. Someone who didn’t like being told what to do, especially by outsiders? Hoo boy, was that ever on target.
But bigoted? I heard from insiders how Hootie led the movement to invite Ron Townsend — the club’s first black member — in 1990. Those who knew him from business and from projects to improve his home state (including helping end school segregation) couldn’t imagine him clinging to outdated ideas. Too, they noted, he wasn’t necessarily calling the shots at Augusta National; he had 300 other wealthy, powerful, opinionated men to answer to as well.
As chairman, Hootie never backed down from his no-women stance. But he didn’t crow after Burk’s attempts fizzled. “I don’t feel like we won anything,” he said at the 2004 Masters. “I think it’s over, but — it will never be ‘over,’ but I don’t think we’ve won anything.”
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CU Guru [1245]
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and
Aug 21, 2012, 8:45 AM
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if you think the Chairman of Augusta is out there deciding when and where trees get planted and how often, etc
the smoke in the room is too thick for you.
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Orange Blooded [2131]
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Why....To drive the beer cart?***
Aug 20, 2012, 2:35 PM
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