Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday AUGUSTA Ga (AP) — Backed by about SO wppcrten with a giant inflatable pig and a card- toaidKlansman for props Marita Burk bulled the Augusta National Golf Chib with a tepid protest that was more circus than showdown The combined picketing Saturday by Burt’s National Council of Women's Organizations and Jesse Jackson’s RainbowPUSH Coalition turned out to be much smaller and shorter than expected Still Burk said die corporate extcu- tives in die club that holds die Masters were terrified that the activists would force them to admit a woman member “You’ve got to make a choice — is it dis-crimination or is it dollars” Burk said threat- ening to boycott companies whose executives belong to the club ‘Today we are protesters with placards Tomorrow women will protest with their pocketbooks” But Burk’s target audience — Augusta National’s members — was nowhere close While she spoke in a vacant lot with a pink pig to represent the millionaires in the elite club the members were on the course watching the third round of the Masters Burk still drew a crowd even without the 224 nmtestera die initially nlmnwl tn bring Her anti- all-ma- le green-jacket- bumper-to-bump- dMiai of and a speech was heard bya small army handful of booing hecklers reporters think she’s pretty much just shot herself in the foot” said Ron Pontiff of Newbern NC who has opposed Burk under the monicker Golfers for a Red Cause "I’m glad it’s over” But Burk whose organization claims to have 7 milUonrncrnbersmdewasn’t flustered by the low turnout “I don’t think we’re hurt by that at all” she said “We already know the women of Ameri- ca support us” The 5 lracre field by Sheriff hand-pick- ed Tiger Continued from B1 not much of a stink The buzz came from the players not the protesters In a grassy 5 lot Burk and about 40 supporters rallied for their cause They were far outnumbered by police and media “You’ve got to make a choice — is it discrimination or is it dollars?” Burk said threatening to boycott companies whose executives belong to the club ‘Today we are protesters with placards Tomorrow women will protest with their pocketbooks” Maybe not Sunday A ticket to the Masters should command top dollar No one has ever won three straight Masters No one has ever trailed by 1 1 shots after 36 holes and gone on to win at Augusta National None of this seemed plausible when Woods stood behind a small pine tree in the ninth fairway on his final hole of the second round He managed to squeeze a shot under the shoulder-hig- h branches and scratch out a par just to make the cut That was only the appetizer on a spectacular day of sunshine and golf Maggert has won only once in the previous nine times he led going into the final round and there were plenty of stars lurking behind — Woods the most daunting “If you look at the leader- - er fire-spee-ch - board nowit would be tough to say that’s not one of the players you’ve got to worry about” Maggert said “But I’ve struggled so much with my golf game it’s helped me focus on the golf course" 211 one He was at of only seven players who remain under par Mike Weir who had a lead at one point staggered home with a 39 on the back for a 3 over 73 and was at 213 with Singh (70) and Toms (70) another stroke back Cheers crisscrossed Augusta National but they were never far from Woods He started the third round at 3 over par with 42 players in front of him When he played the last of his 26 holes Saturday he was in a tie for fifth Woods practically called the six-stro- ke -- Shot “If I can be even par or under paf I’ll be right where I need to be” he said after walking off the ninth green relieved to have made his 102nd consecutive cut He is right there 'four a 13 2003 — B5 no-sho- w ed ‘T Ronald Strength for Bulk and her opponents to protest resembled a policemen’! picnui Strength phose the lot after receiving requests for more than 900 protesters But it turned out to be mostly empty save for 100 deputies and state troopers who leaned against on the patrol cars parked grass to separate protesters who never arrived Sheriff's Maj Ken Autry said it was too hard to differentiate journalists from protesters to get a headcount A single bus pulled up to drop off Burk sup-porters — and 17 people got off A handful more mosdy college-ag- e women were already small their setting up stage And 20 RainbowPUSH protesters joined them Jackson himself was a The Rev Jesse Lee Peterson a Mack minister who heads the Brotherhood Organization of a New Des-tiny flew in from Los Angeles with five mem- bers to ridicule Jackson for siding with Burk The Ku Klux Klan also turned up— make that one Klansman Joseph J Harper of Cordele Ga He eschewed white robes for a plaid shirt and blue jeans Sitting under a tent and showing off photos of his prized poodles said Augusta National has the right to unhide women Burk sought to embarrass the club by linking it to Harper At one point she ceded die stage to a 7rfoot cardboard figure of a hooded Klans- man wearing a Masters button “We’re not all white trailer trash” Harper muttered into a bullhorn his voice drowned out by passing cars The fieak show didn’t stop there A man calling himself Georgina Z Bush dressed in circus drag -c- lown makeup black garter belt and an American flag as a shawl and denounced the war An Elvis impersonator April strokes and four players separating him from slipping on the green jacket for the third straight year While Woods commanded most of the attention he was among 16 players within six shots of die lead going into the final round struck karate poses in his rhinestone jumpsuit in hopes of sponging a Masters ticket Frank simi- MizjjU a banker from Aiken SC had a lar Ifc wore a sign saying: I Will Kiss Martha Burk For a Ticket Burk s opponents seized on the sideshow atrnos- phete and low turnout to declare the protest a flop “It says to me Jesae Jackson knewtlriswas going to happen and pulled out said Todd Manzi of Tampa FU Burk s issuewas never an issuelt’s all aboin Martha Burk s He says Mana s fared much N°t ed Ricky Barnes the first amateur in 42 years to play in the final two groups on the weekend at the Masters was at 2 under and zeroing in on the lead when he took double bogey on the 12th Barnes shot 40 on the back for a 73 and was at 218 Weir paid a steep price His approach to the 1 1th plugged into the side of the hill inside the hazard line and he played a delicate shot to limit the Lien Mattiace (69) Jim damage to a bogey Two holes Jonathan and Byrd later he went for the 13th Furyk (71) green and landed in Rae's (71) who grew up about 30 Creek to make another bogey miles away in South Carolina The tenacious Canadian is Masfirst and is playing his far from out of it He has ters were at 216 As usual Amen Comer was 'trailed going into the final round in all five of his PGA up to its old tricks Tour victories two of them Woods finally found some earlier this year hol11 momentum at No by 30-fothat birdie Maggert was a victim too putt ing a made a left turn as it got to the when he took double bogey on hole and dropped On the par-- 3 No 1 1 With quiet confidence he struck back quietly 13th his second shot some-ho- Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal a forgotten man in golf this year quietly crept into contention with a 71 and also was at ot stayed out of the water and he chipped close for-bird- ie His birdie blitz miglt have if been a real Maggert had not three- show-stopp- er talks with the media he’s$35000 in debt after trying to turn anti- Burk sentiment into a cottage industry His T-buttons ami bottled water bearing slogans haven t been hot sellers Burk had initially wanted to protest outside the wrought iron gate where golfers and mem- bers enter Augusta National but the sheriff denied ho a permit citing safety concerns because of heavy traffic Burk who had permission to protest for seven hours left thesite within an hour She also opted nsk arrest by approaching the npj tto the s orders sheriff gate agamst Burk-bashi- ng putted for par on the 13th Still he hit his tee shot to 3 feet on the par-- 3 16th made the first' birdie of the round on No 17 from 13 feet and closed out his 66 witli a birdie The tone was set early when 73 players returned to complete the second round under blazing blue skies For a while it appeared as though history might be revis20-fo- ot e Two-tim- ited A three-pu- tt bogey from 23 feet on No 8 put Woods on the verge of missing the cut just as Jack Nicklaus did in 1967 when he was trying to win his third straight Masters Woods was 3 over — right on the cut line — when he sprayed his drive behind a pine tree tMfcblocked his path to the greeaile hit a waist-hig- h shot that ran up the slope and dropped into a bunker then calmly blasted out to 3 feet above the hole If he missed his chances were over “That putt was either going in or going off the green” Woods said He powered it in the right side for perhaps the most important par he has ever made at the Masters Weir finished with a 68 and had a four-strolead after 36 holes the first time a Canadian has been in the lead at the Masters since Stan Leonard in 1959 The sun was out big names lit up the scoreboard and the Masters finally felt like its old self after a week of rain Though the protest site was a short walk down the road from Magnolia Lane it seemed so far away “Do you think any of these people care what’s going on out there?" 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