Facing an ultimatum, 2020 Olympic golf tournament host Kasumigaseki Country Club has voted to admit female members, satisfying a condition of ending its all-male membership to continue as host of both golf tournaments for the Tokyo games.
Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, applauded the change.
“I’d like to extend my gratitude to the members of the club for their understanding and cooperation,” Mori said in a statement.
The club, which opened in 1929, allowed women to play on the club’s property and have lower forms of membership short of a full vesting. With this change, which happened after some stalling from the club’s board over a potentially embarrassing failure to approve the measure, the club has satisfied calls from Tokyo’s governor, the International Golf Federation and the International Olympic Committee.
The decision follows Muirfield’s all-male membership approving a similar change in a second vote, earning a spot again in the R&A’s British Open rotation.
Ryan Ballengee is a Yahoo Sports contributor. Find him on Facebook and Twitter.
Devil Ball Golf – Golf – Yahoo Sports
Other Related Posts:
Coming off the biggest win of his career at the U.S. Open, one would think ...
QUESTION: I'm trying out for the golf team next week, I am a sophmore and...
Over the next 10 days, until we get to the New Year, we will be rolling out...
We have seen plenty of player-on-player spats over the years on the PGA Tou...
EA Sports has a new face on the cover of its PGA Tour golf franchise, and i...
