Tara Sullivan, Female Sports Reporter, Barred From Masters Locker Room At Augusta National

Controversy broke out at Augusta National Golf Club after a wild final round of the Masters.

After 26-year-old Charl Schwartzel won his first green jacket., The Bergen Record sports columnist Tara Sullivan was barred from the locker room because of her gender.

"Bad enough no women members at Augusta," Sullivan tweeted. "But not allowing me to join writers in locker room interview is just wrong."

Masters officials apologized to Sullivan and claimed that it was a security mistake.

Bad enough no women members at Augusta. But not allowing me to join writers in locker room interview is just wrong.less than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet Replytara sullivan
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Comments

[dna user]

01:39 AM on 04/14/2011

Either all go in or none go in. Seriously, who likes to talk to another dude while naked about once performance out on the field.

[dbw53022]

07:43 AM on 04/13/2011

You know what? Why not ban ALL reporters from locker rooms? I have yet to be impressed with ANY "report" coming from a locker room. Wait 20 minutes and speak to the players once they've showered and changed clothes.

[anitaj]

07:09 PM on 04/13/2011

Each organization (team, club, etc.) decides whether to allow journalists in the locker room. There are two legal options: either all reporters can enter a locker room or no reporters can.

[mike dougles]

08:07 PM on 04/12/2011

I pity the female reporter who might see a naked Phil.

[Mr Hoodoo]

07:50 PM on 04/12/2011

"Female Reporter Barred From Masters Locker Room"

Is that a problem? Are male reporters able to go into the female locker rooms?

[ME623]

06:23 AM on 04/13/2011

Good point.

[ardethbay]

07:59 AM on 04/13/2011

I was going to ask that myself.

[Hagion]

05:45 PM on 04/12/2011

To believe that female reporters should be allowed in a male locker room is the epitome of feminist hypocrisy.

The Feminist Movement is ultimately about gaining power and control over men. And the fact that females are now allowed into a male locker room when the men are naked or semi-naked reveals just how successful that agenda has become. It is successful to the point that any male athlete that dares speak out against this blantant invasion of his basic human rights to privacy, respect, and dignity is immediately slapped down by intimidation and threats of the loss of his job and income by feminists, feminist organizations, and those who have been brainwashed into believing it is clothed female reporters that experience sexual harrassment in a male locker room rather than the athlete.

I addressed this issue in detail in a 4-part article posted on The Cypress Times (http://www.thecypresstimes.com/ColumnistSe…). It explains why the arguments feminists use to rob male athletes of their basic human rights are flawed and hypocritical.

If feminists and female reporters were truly interested in equal rights they would insist that the sports organizations forbide all reporters - male and female - from entering locker rooms. Rather, a room would be specifically set aside to interview athletes after they are dressed. But they don't. They insist on bullying their way into the locker room in the name of equality.

It seems the idea of equality for feminists is the subjugation of men.

[Dunkleberger Karl]

02:59 PM on 04/12/2011

after seeing and not reporting Tigers daliance, perhaps all reporters should be barred from the Locker room!

[Chubbster]

02:48 PM on 04/12/2011

Girls don't belong in naked golfer's locker rooms.

[tippisheadrun]

03:21 PM on 04/12/2011

You should pass that rule on to Tiger & Co.

[raker]

04:07 PM on 04/12/2011

True. Maybe the rule should be that no interviews may be given to the media in locker rooms. That way, men aren't locked out of women's locker rooms while their female colleagues are admitted, and vice versa.

[ObliqueReference]

02:22 PM on 04/12/2011

What do golfers need a dressing room for? They play in the sunday finest already.

[Dunkleberger Karl]

03:00 PM on 04/12/2011

Some place to wash their balls in private!

[Dunkleberger Karl]

03:01 PM on 04/12/2011

since plaid slax stoped showing up!

[KJLSanDiego]

11:07 AM on 04/12/2011

This is tough.
As a woman, I would never feel comfortable with men in our locker room, and double standards are no good, so I guess maybe females shouldn't go into male locker rooms either???

[tippisheadrun]

03:25 PM on 04/12/2011

Here's a thought - maybe nobody but athletes & coaches should go into locker rooms. Reporters don't follow firemen back to the firehall after the fire is over; reporters aren't allowed in to board meetings & they have been cleared out of police stations in the past decade. There are in fact a lot of places that are off limits to reporters so why not make the locker room one of them.

[KJLSanDiego]

05:21 PM on 04/12/2011

Yeah, this way everything is appropriate and no one gets left out.

[snorrk]

01:27 PM on 04/13/2011

Maybe with the application of a little stem cell research women reporters could grow their own pair. Problem solved.

[KJLSanDiego]

06:57 PM on 04/13/2011

No thank you.
But you can "invert" if you'd like!

[traumabob]

11:02 AM on 04/12/2011

Are male reporters allowed on the LPGA locker rooms?

[Chubbster]

02:49 PM on 04/12/2011

No and they constantly whine and complain bitterly about their exclusion.

[nenitaB]

03:01 AM on 04/12/2011

In media and press ,no sex preferences , so happened that she's the only female, besides the place is not very appropriate ,,a male locker . The guard did just right same as to apologize is a nice gesture.

[bdunlap52]

12:40 AM on 04/12/2011

This was an honest mistake by a security guard, a female one at that. Augusta apologized as soon as they were made aware ofthe sitation. Please stop calling out the PRIVATE golf club, who can allow whomever they want as members.

[Chubbster]

02:50 PM on 04/12/2011

It wasn't a mistake, it was the correct thing to do.

[offred]

11:26 PM on 04/11/2011

Frankly, for security's sake, I wouldn't want strangers wandering around open lockers in the locker room after the game.

[beekeeper]

12:52 AM on 04/12/2011

Stranger?

[offred]

11:25 PM on 04/11/2011

Frankly, if I were an athlete, I'd demand that locker rooms be off limits to everyone but team members and staff.

You don't see reporters barging into performers' dressing rooms after shows and concerts.

[cvbnm67]

10:53 PM on 04/11/2011

You know, some of the best interviews took place in restaurnts, cars, facility entrances and hotel lobbys, none of which require the subject to be naked. No one should be in the locker rooms.

[offred]

11:25 PM on 04/11/2011

Hear, hear.

[KJLSanDiego]

11:07 AM on 04/12/2011

Yeah, I think that might be best.