Golf’s Masters Facing Male-Only Dilemma With New IBM CEO
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Will International Business Machines Corp.’s Ginni Rometty be able to wear a green jacket at the Masters Tournament?
As Augusta National Golf Club prepares to host the competition next week, it faces a quandary: The club hasn’t admitted a woman as a member since its founding eight decades ago, yet it has historically invited the chief executive officer of IBM, one of three Masters sponsors. Since the company named Rometty to the post this year, Augusta will have to break tradition either way.