IBM Facing Golf Gender Bias After Fighting Racial Barriers
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Twenty-two years ago, International Business Machines Corp. used its clout to protest racial discrimination. The company joined other corporate sponsors in pulling television advertising from the PGA Championship which was being played at a whites-only Alabama golf club.
The Shoal Creek club caved. Augusta National Golf Club followed, also inviting its first black member to join in 1990.