Barkley: Tiger Faces Racism at Augusta
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NEW YORK — Former NBA star Charles Barkley is accusing Augusta National Golf Club of “blatant racism,” saying the reason behind recent changes to the course was to keep Tiger Woods from winning the Masters.
“Jack Nicklaus won the Masters six times, and he was hitting it past everybody else, and they never made a change,” Barkley said in this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated. “What they’re doing to Tiger is blatant racism.”
Augusta National spokesman Glenn Greenspan said the club had no comment.
Recent renovations, which include nearly 300 additional yards, were announced by chairman Hootie Johnson the day before last year’s Masters began.
Woods won his second green jacket by two shots over David Duval last year.
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