Police prepare for Burk and other protesters at the Masters

AUGUSTA - Burk and her National Council of Women&#39;s Organizations are preparing to rally today against what they see as sex discrimination by one of the nation&#39;s most elite golf clubs. <br> <br> They planned on busing in up to 200 protesters to Augusta National. But maybe half that many may actually show up. <br> <br> Stopping short of saying her cause has lost steam, Burk acknowledges the spotlight has shifted in the weeks since war erupted in Iraq. <br> <br> They won&#39;t be alone on the weedy five-acre lot that Sheriff Ronald Strength picked a half mile from Augusta National&#39;s main gate to keep the one-day protest from snarling traffic to the Masters Tournament. <br> <br> No protests have started as of 9:30 a.m. But at least 100 police cars were parked in the lot to separate the groups from each other. <br> <br> About half the site was designated for Burk&#39;s group and the Reverend Jesse Jackson&#39;s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, which planned to send 100 picketers to support her. Jackson said he would not attend. <br> <br> The rest of the lot is broken up into sections for rival protesters. They include Todd Manzi of Tampa, Florida -- Burk&#39;s self-appointed nemesis -- and Joseph J. Harper of Cordele -- the leader of a Ku Klux Klan splinter group.