(CNN) --eine blasted female sports reporter was all male Augusta National Golf Club on Monday, a day after a security guard would not to interview one of the stars of the recent Masters tournament.
Tara Sullivan, a reporter with the Bergen (New Jersey), trying other reporters join Sunday evening in the Club dressing room, Rory McElroy, a 21 year-old from Northern Ireland interview at the end of the four days competition gave up a big lead of. But a security guard said she could not enter because she was a woman.
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"This is not a question of sensitivity." Sullivan said this only a matter of my work is, "Monday." "I am reporter a credentials." "I should be in were allowed to."
On Monday, an official with the Augusta, Georgia, Golf Club, that the guard, error hatte-traded - say that although there are no women members in the Club, female reporter, and therefore the same access as men work should require for their said.
"It not should happen," said Steve Ethun, Augusta National Communications Director, pointing out that the guard out the Club policy. "We are working as hard as possible to ensure that it never happens."
The security guard, who was also female, "was very apologetic" in their access to the locker room in the clubhouse, according to Sullivan.
Sullivan responded with the appointment to federal law that mandates equal access for reporters in such changing rooms, what to get whatever their sex.
"(Guard) said it's kind of this open bathroom area," said the reporter. "I said, ' Yes, like any professional locker room, the I in go.'" "
Male reporter, including Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times, in the locker room with was then Sullivan transcripts of interviews with McElroy. Charl Schwartzel won the masters, one of the four "major" professional golf tournaments of.
Sullivan said that it was mostly on completion of their newspaper column when she tried to enter the locker room. It was only after the story she wrote on her Twitter feed: "bad enough no female members in the Augusta." "But does not allow me to authors in the locker room interview is simply wrong."
Years ago it was the former Tatsache-, the the elite Golf Club only men as members-allows, came into the spotlight.
In 2002, women's rights activist Martha Burk started a movement aimed, forcing the prestigious Club, includes many Titans of finance and industry members to open their series of women.
But the Club then President, Hootie Johnson, these efforts, resisted including said in a statement that no changes would come "at the point of the bayonet."
To their situation, Sullivan said it accepted the apology of Augusta national officials. The reporter, said that the Club - and not necessarily the security guard self-supporting - guilt deserves for what transpired.
"It is up to (the Club), the the tournament week security personnel to... What are the guidelines, be informed" Sullivan said national fifth vowed back on Augusta master next spring will cover. "It was such a complete lack of awareness, the inexcusable for the people who run the tournament."CNN's David Wilke contributed to this report.
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