"It seems that in the New York Times's Manhattan offices, to write forcefully about the subject is one thing, to speak publicly about how you would boycott the event quite another."

The Guardian's Ed Pilkington looks at the New York Times' internal battle over Karen Crouse's assertion that she would prefer not to cover the Masters due to the club's membership policies.

Both Crouse's original expression of her desire to boycott the Masters, and her editor's rebuff of her, prompted heated debate on Twitter. Many users backed the reporter, such as Alena Bubniak who tweeted: "Applauding – and following – NY Times reporter Karen Crouse @bykaren for speaking up".

EV Newsome-Burt tweeted: "I'm boycotting [the Times] because of Joe Sexton's sexist workplace bullying of Karen Crouse over the sexist Master tournament".

The opposing view was put by Keny Sloop on Twitter who wrote: "Cover the News. Don't make it."

The internal ethics of the New York Times are unlikely to bother the Augusta National much.