Augusta never talks about its members

Fortune magazine listed her at No. 7 a year ago in their annual ranking with the "50 Strongest Women running a business." It absolutely was the seventh consecutive year she's been on this list.

Augusta never covers its members, although they have emerged in green jackets in the tournament. That's the way it is discovered that former Gambling receiver Lynn Swann was invited to become listed on.

Johnson, and successor Billy Payne, managed to get clear that there's no timetable for inviting a lady to join, if history Titleist 910 D2 Driver is any suggestion, pressure from Burk or media won't change that.

Burk worries that Rometty might feel pressure in order to avoid the all-male club, and says what a much the responsibility of IBM as Augusta National.

"It does put IBM inside a tough spot, but it is each of their own making," Burk said Friday morning on CNN. "They have experienced nine years to aid this club enter in to the Twenty-first discount golf clubs century. They've done nothing about this. Now, they're in the a bind.

"I wouldn't put this around the CEO to accomplish," she said, speaking about Rometty. "It could be the board of directors' responsibility. Samuel Palmissano, that's part of the club, includes a great responsibility here as chairman of IBM. And they also have to just boost and perform right thing and have this over with."

Rometty replaced Palmissano as CEO when he stayed on as chairman.

When Burk was leading her battle to open Augusta to women, the Masters did away with television sponsors for 2 years to keep them out of your fray. When corporate sponsorship returned for your 2005 Masters, only IBM delivered. Coca-Cola and Citigroup did not.

Burk doesn't consider her campaign a whole failure, although it fizzled at a protest through the third round of the 2003 tournament in a very parking zone down the street from the club. Without Mizuno MP-69 Irons that protest, "this may not be up for grabs now."

After CNN, she would have been to tape a segment for "NBC Nightly News" later Friday. She could easily get an appointment once a month about the Augusta membership, now can't monitor who's calling.

Augusta won the first battle. On this occasion, Burk believes there potentially are two enemies of equal rights for females.