when we lived in meridian, mississippi, we lived out in the country, went into town to go to church. you had to go up the big hill, turn a left, go down country club hill drive, look at the doctor s houses. behind there was the country club. meridian country club if george and i step foot, they would have taken us down with one shot behind the ear. we always believed that you work hard, my parents told us, you work hard, wow look at that. two cars in the garage. my parents always said work hard and when you work hard, you know, joey you do well in school, i missed that part, you can do whatever you want to do. they would say because it s america. i m sure your parents told you the same thing, mike. it was something we believed. there s so many reasons that we
the gate is locked and you are not welcome back in. if you want to do a live shot monday morning, you cannot. the place is closed. now, that doesn t mean they shouldn t have women. they should. it s ridiculous in this day and age. the most visible golf tournament in the world should have women at that club. but i m telling you, they simply do not care what the world thinks of them. well, yeah. and the think is, too, you grew up in the south. i grew up in the south. they re different. i grew up in augusta. not that far from augusta. and of course, your experience is far different than my experience. but i can tell you as a very middle class white guy, you know, when we lived in meridian, we were allowed to walk past meridian country club on country club drive looking at the big houses, but we knew, you don t step onto the course. we lived there. it s not just for people that are watching that aren t aware of the way this works. it s not just race driven or gender driven. it s also
explanation. i m not saying it s good policy. can i stop you there? that is a key point, okay? my family grew up and we didn t have a lot of money, but my mom constantly was telling me, would always in meridian, mississippi, would drive down country club down going to first baptist church. how is that for a southern swing? but would look at these big houses and meridian country club which we were not allowed to step foot on, let alone golf on. and there was no resentment. my parents would say, see those houses, see those houses, if you work hard in school, if you work your entire life, one day you ll be able to live on this street and you can golf there any time you want to if that s what you want to do. and that i always remember that because that s when you start talking about tax cuts for the rich, middle class and working class people think i want to be that one day. i don t want rich is not necessarily