Billy Payne

Latest Stories

Payne: No comment on membership issues at Augusta

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

Payne: Augusta National to be ready despite storm

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

**FILE** IBM chief executive Virginia Rometty speaks in New York on Feb. 16, 2006, when she was the company's senior vice president. The appointment of Rometty in 2012 as CEO has revived the debate over Augusta National's all-male membership just one week before the Masters. The last four CEOs of IBM have been members of Augusta, but the club has never had a female member since it was founded in 1933. (Associated Press)

Augusta chairman Payne: No comment on membership issues at Masters

Associated Press

Masters gives exemption to Ryo Ishikawa

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Adam Scott of Australia hits a drive on the seventh hole during the final round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 10, 2011, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Storm costs Magnolia Lane one of its stately trees

By NANCY ARMOUR - Associated Press

Adam Scott of Australia hits a drive on the seventh hole during the final round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 10, 2011, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Augusta National embraces technology _ to a limit

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Woods’ new video game to include Augusta National

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Augusta National to be part of Woods’ video game

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press