Martha Burk claimed to have the support of thousands, but only a handful of people have actually showed up to support her Augusta protest. Even then it was only after she hired a professional protest organization to round up some warm bodies to march in support of her cause.

Meanwhile, local businesses are raking in the bucks by selling anti-Burk merchandise.

The Cotton Patch's owner, Bryan Mitchell, began selling T-shirts and hats out of his restaurant last week. He has sold nearly 200 of the shirts, which read "Martha Burk don't eat here" on the front and "Hootie do!" on the back.

"Before I could even get them out of the box, I sold half the hats I had," he said.

In fact, Burk's efforts to garner support have been so futile that she cannot even get women to boycott the event. SI reports:

The club's members may all be men, but the Masters is definitely a coed affair. And there's no sign that women are boycotting because of Burk, chair of the National Council of Women's Organizations.

Women are all over the course this week, some tagging along with husbands, others joining friends for an all-girls golf week. They're applauding players from the galleries and spending hefty sums in the pro shop.

Burk's major problem is that her cause is rather superficial and shallow. She's not protesting on behalf of middle class people that are being denied basic freedoms. Instead, she's protesting for the plight of super-rich women, and their 'right' to be inducted into an ultra-exclusive private club. Most people simply cannot relate to the type of 'suffering' that Martha is trying to convey. Aren't there more worthwhile causes that Burk could champion, like the overinflated price of caviar, or the availability of Ferarris in colors other than red?