HIS MBA. YOU'VE SEEN HIS NAME POP UP IN THE MET GOLF ASSOCIATION AT A BUNCH OF TOURNAMENTS >> HE'S A REALLY GOOD PLAYER >> A BIG STORY YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OVER THE WEEKEND, PINE VALLEY WILL WELCOME FEMALE MEMBERS AND UNRESTRICTED WOMEN'S PLAY. THE 108-YEAR-OLD NEW JERSEY CLUB ANNOUNCED VIA AN APRIL 30th LETTER TO ITS MEMBERSHIP THAT TIT WAS GETTING RID OF ITS MEN'S ONLY POLICIES AND OPENING ITS DOORS FULLY FOR WOMEN.
OKAY THERE'S THE NEWS PAIGE, WHAT'S YOUR TAKEAWAY ON THIS >> IT'S GOOD NEWS ALL AROUND AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS KIND OF THINK ABOUT, WELL, IT'S A PRIVATE CLUB, YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT I CERTAINLY WAS IN THAT CAMP AS WELL FOR MOST OF MY LIFE THEN I REALIZED THAT GOLF IS MORE THAN A SPORT. IT PROVIDES ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY, AND SO FOR A LOT OF REASONS, THIS PROVIDES AN OPEN DOOR FOR FEMALE CEO THAT WANTS TO ENGAIN CLIENTS AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT OTHER CEOs HAVE IN THAT WAY.
IT'S TO THE JUST A SPORT TO ME I THINK IT ALSO PROVIDES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND I THINK THIS OPENS A LOT OF DOORS. >> JAIME, HOW DO YOU SEE IT IN TERMS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE? >> IT WIDENS PINE VALLEY'S PLATFORM THEY HAVE A TREMENDOUS HIGH GOLF IQ THERE, JUST AS AUGUSTA NATIONAL HAS AND SEMINOLE HAS. WE'VE SEEN THE EFFECT OF HAVING NATIONAL EVENTS HAS HAD FOR AUGUSTA NATIONAL AND MAKING PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL MOVES THAT I THINK ENHANCES ITS IMAGE SEMINOLE WITH THE PRO MEMBER AND NOW THE WALKER CUP, PEOPLE LOOK AT IT AS SORT OF THIS HOTBED OF, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT LEADERS.
I THINK POSSIBLY PINE VALLEY HAS THAT AND IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A MORE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CLOSED SHOP TO SOME EXTENT AS FAR AS BEING REALLY VOCAL, BUT WHEN THEY SPEAK, WHEN THEY DO, IT REALLY HAS A LOT OF WEIGHT I SEE THAT, I SEE AS WELL SO MANY CEOs BELONG TO THESE CLUBS AND DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES ALL THE TIME NOW THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY AS JIM DAVIS, THE PRESIDENT OF PINE VALLEY TALKED ABOUT. THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CULTURE AND SOCIETY AND IT SHOULD BE GOING ON IN GOLF AND THEY'RE LEADERS IN THIS, AND IT'S A GOOD MOVE, AS PAIGE SAID, BUT I DO HOPE THAT PINE VALLEY OPENS UP A LITTLE NOT JUST IN TERMS OF THEIR IDEAS ABOUT THE GAME BECAUSE THEY CAN LEAD IN THAT WAY, BUT ALSO OPEN THAT GOLF COURSE UP TO CHAMPIONSHIPS WHERE WE SEE THIS INCREDIBLE GOLF COURSE, WHICH I THINK IS THE BEST GOLF COURSE IN THE WORLD.
>> YOU KNOW, JIM DAVIS SAID IT AND YOU MENTIONED IT, THEY WANT TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. NO DOUBT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT MAKES ME THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE IDEA OF SOMEBODY WHO IS WAITING TO GET OUT ON TO THE HIGHWAY AND THEIR CAR IS STOPPED ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP AND PEOPLE ARE WHIZZING BY AND NOBODY WILL LET THEM IN. FINALLY SOMEBODY STOPS TO LET THEM IN, WHAT DO THEY DO, THEY PUT THE FIST OUT THE WINDOW AND SAY THANKS A LOT, WHAT TOOK SO LONG, YOU KNOW IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE.
LET'S MOVE ON AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE. >> MAYBE WE GET A CURTIS CUP SOME DAY THERE OR U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR. THEY DID HOST THE WALKER CUP IN THE '80s AND BACK IN THE 1930s. IT IS SOME GOLF COURSE. >> LET ME TELL YOU.