Pros give thumbs up to new female members at Augusta

South Carolina financier Darla Moore and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be the first women in green jackets when the Augusta National Golf Club opens for a new season in October. Credit: AP File
Former Masters champions, who get to wear the fabled green jacket one week a year, are pleased with Augusta National Golf Club's decision to have finally accepted two women members. As Zach Johnson said, "In my opinion, the timing is right to have a couple of women members -- so far -- and hats off to them."
Augusta extended memberships to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and financier Darla Moore.
Masters champ Bubba Watson said that when he got a text about the decision on women members his wife joked, "Do you think it'll be me?"
"It was good to see," Watson said. "It's always in their time. They want to do it the right way, they want to get the right membership in there that they're looking for, and obviously it's great. It's great for golf, it's great for the game."
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