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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Here's Something":

It's post like this commenter's that fuel inaccurate information on the internet....

Golf courses can be commercial "if" they are public. If the course is a private club that charges dues, it is considered differently in the eyes of the government (not for profit non-share captial corporation). These organizations will have bylaws, boards of directors and annual meetings.

Public or semi-private courses are commercial activities.

The way the club has been incorporated dictates the structure. Each type of operation will have different taxation burdens.

I am curious as to why you want or care what the clubs pay in taxes. You have to remember the value is based on it's commercial value and in some cases these courses are not on prime land that can be used for anything else. They are also zoned for the use they have and re-zoning is not a painless exercise. I am sure they pay their good share.

Now....
Augusta National does not ban women. I was there last month at the Masters with 3 female members of my family and I saw a lot of females there. There has also been women playing the course. Duke University's golf team (men and women) have used the course in the past.

Augusta National however, does not allow a woman to be a member. Traditionally the CEO of IBM has been given a membership to the club. Given the rules of the club, they did not extend that to IBM's CEO. The real impact to golf is that IBM is a sponsor to PGA golf events. Augusta does not really care about their sponsorship however because they buy blocks of TV time and the event is shown without any commercials. Until you have been there, you can call it ignorant wisdom, but this is a place that is trying to retain values that this club was founded on. As a private club, they can do whatever they want in my opinion.

Women are not allowed to be members of the Royal and Ancient in Britain. They can however be a member and play the courses at St. Andrews (including the Old Course).

One thing that North Americans run into when attempting to play in Britain is that some courses (St Andrews included) require a validated handicap. Is that discriminating? It certainly keeps the hacks off the course.
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I didn't ignore the foregoing. I tried to publish it and for reasons unknown to me it wasn't happening.

So now you have it as a post with my apologies.

And thank you for a very informative comment
I just have one query. What were the values the Augusta  National  was founded on that compelled them to exclude women from membership?

Not that I want to join I'm just curious as to what "values" they might be.

I can think of many  woman situations where men might not be
welcome  or even want to be there. But I don't think I could  argue  them  as  a value principle.