Q Golf - Official online magazine for Golf Queensland Winter 2012 | Page 24

g lo Matt Cooper’s B Follow Matt on Twitter: [email protected] Pink drivers and You Tube videos a hit The week of 2012 Masters started with the Augusta National chair Billy Payne heralding an initiative to “progress and promote” the game around the world. No-one could argue with the sentiment, nor could they argue that Augusta hasn’t been ahead of the curve in embracing Asia (something not all do). That’s the good news. The bad news is that Payne refused to answer questions about the club’s continuing policy of having no women members. You don’t have to be a philosopher to wonder about the sense in talking about making progress one minute and refusing to talk about women being welcome the next.