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Masters golf: 12 women candidates for Augusta National membership

The Augusta National Golf Club has steadfastly refused to alter its all-male membership. But circumstances may soon cause the gender barrier to break, and if it does there are several women who might be good fits for the club.

Nancy Lopez

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Nancy Lopez (l.) is pictured with Suzy Whaley (c.) and Donna Richardson Joyner, representing the American Express Women's Golf Month spokeswomen team.

  • By Ross Atkin Staff

Lopez cemented her golfing fame in 1978, when as an LPGA newcomer she won five straight tournaments and was named both the tour’s Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year.  A World Golf Hall of Fame inductee, she is the first woman to receive the Frances Ouimet Award for Lifelong Contributions to Golf. For a time she and her husband, Ray Knight, a former major-league baseball player, lived in Albany, Ga., across the state from Augusta. She still hosts the Lopez Golf Classic in Albany, which raises money for the local Hospice.   

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