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Burk calls for US Women's Open to leave Trump National (The Associated Press)

Martha Burk is back in golf, encouraging people to join a protest over the U.S. Women's Open being held next year at Trump National in New Jersey.

She made the call for supporters in a blog for The Huffington Post on Friday.

Burk rose to prominence in 2002 when she challenged Augusta National to end its discrimination by inviting a female member, suggesting it could become a problem at the Masters. The club chairman, Hootie Johnson, sent her a scathing reply that the club might one day have female members, but not ''at the point of a bayonet.