McLean, Va. ? Martha Burk set a Tuesday deadline for local authorities reviewing her request to protest during the Masters, saying she’ll sue if she doesn’t get an answer by then.

Burk, lead critic of Augusta National Golf Club’s all-male membership, spoke Saturday after receiving a leadership award at The Women’s Center’s 18th annual conference.

She wants permission for a group to protest April 12 during the third round, but did not specify whom she would sue.

“It was a very reasonable request,” Burk said. “We only asked for 12 people around the gates, and we asked for 200 across the street, which as protests go, is not very many people. I don’t think we need a huge crowd to make our point.”

Twenty-four people would protest at the gate to Magnolia Lane and 200 others would stand along Washington Road, the main thoroughfare for Masters visitors across the street from the club in Augusta, Ga.

Sheriff Ronald Strength has said that allowing demonstrations on the road could pose a safety hazard.