New York ? The chairwoman of a national women’s group was encouraged Sunday by a report that several members of Augusta National would seek to have the club admit at least one female.

“I’m gratified that some of the members are starting to see that this is good for the club,” Martha Burk said by phone Sunday. “I hope now that they’ve initiated some action in this area, some of the other members will join them.”

Burk, the chairwoman of the National Council of Women’s Organizations, thinks the letters her organization sent to several prominent members of Augusta which plays host to the Masters on Thursday could have prompted the members to seek the compromise reported in the New York Times.

The paper reported Sunday that about a dozen of the roughly 300 members of the club sought an internal compromise to end a conflict with women’s groups critical of the club’s all-male membership.