FILE PHOTO: Jennifer Kupcho celebrates with the trophy after winning the inaugural National Women's Amateur championship at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, U.S., April 6, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - More than a week since Jennifer Kupcho hoisted the trophy as the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur winner, the impact of that moment, once unthinkable to the club's old male guard, still reverberated through the hallowed home of the Masters.
"A few guys would turn in their grave because a lot of them stood up in front of these guys and said, 'I will never allow a woman to be a member'," recalled the three-times Masters champion Gary Player.
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