Muirfield Golf Club in Scotland has forfeited its right to hold the host the Open Championship after a third its membership rejected the idea of women being allowed to join the club. The 125-year old club, which has hosted the Open 16 times, most recently in 2013, has been taken off the list of venues currently on the Open rota after 36% of its membership voted to continue its ban on women joining the club in a postal ballot – […]
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Muirfield Golf Club in Scotland has forfeited its right to hold the host the Open Championship after a third its membership rejected...
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Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland, the venue for July’s Open Championship, has written to its 800 members seeking views on the issue of the admission of women members. The club currently shares its facilities with the Ladies’ Golf Club Troon, although the two are regarded as separate entities. As host venue for The Open, the club’s men-only status has attracted widespread criticism in light of all of the attempts within the golf industry to broaden the sport’s appeal to a […]
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Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland, the venue for July’s Open Championship, has written to its 800 members seeking views on the...
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Golfers who like a challenge should head over to Latvia to secure a tee time at a golf club which has built the word’s narrowest fairway. Typical fairways on the professional tours measure 30 to 32 yards wide on average, but this testing par-4 cuts a narrow path through a forest of pine trees leaving a gap of just five yards. The 260-yard hole at Rezekne Golf & Country Club was conceived after a drop in local members, so the club took the […]
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