The driving force behind Atlanta's bid to stage the games has been Billy Payne, an Atlanta real estate lawyer who is Chief Executive Officer of ACOG.

亚特兰大申办奥运会的推动力量一直是比利·佩恩。他是亚特兰大市一位房地产业律师，也是亚特兰大奥运委员会的总裁。

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Witness Augusta National chairman Billy Payne's awkward news conference last week, in which he repeatedly dodged questions about female membership.

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"Well, as has been the case, whenever that question is asked, all issues of membership are now and have historically been subject to the private deliberation of members, " Billy Payne said.

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It even inserted itself as a moral authority: remember club chairman Billy Payne scolding a scandalized Tiger Woods for failing to "live up to the expectations of the role model we saw for our children"?

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