Augusta National Admits First Female Members

Augusta National Golf Club ends a controversial practice and admits female members for the first time in its 80-year history.

FOX News Radio’s Eben Brown reports:

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is one of the first of two women asked to join Augusta National Golf Club, the notoriously exclusive country club in Georgia. ?

The club has taken much criticism over the years for its selective membership, to the point sponsors dropped advertising with the Masters tournament. ?

With two ladies now getting to wear the green jackets, Club Chairman Billy Payne calls it a ‘joyous occasion’ but says Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore underwent the same scrutiny any other applicant would.

Eben Brown, FOX News Radio.