Vista geral do Kasumigaseki Country Club, em Tóquio. Foto: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) 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 […]
2020 Olympic golf host club delays vote on accepting female members
February 8, 2017 by
Peter Dawson helped shepherd golf to a successful Olympic return in 2016. (Getty Images) Kasumigaseki Country Club, which is set to host the men’s and women’s golf tournaments in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, has delayed a vote on ending its all-male membership policy. The vote stalled Tuesday, with the head of the club’s board […]
Muirfield members will vote again on admitting female members
June 30, 2016 by
Your browser does not support iframes. Muirfield members voted six weeks ago on changing their club’s constitution and admitting female members for the first time. They came up just short of the two-thirds majority required to make that change. The fallout has been substantial, including the R&A removing Muirfield from the British Open rotation until […]
Report: Muirfield set to vote on allowing female members
February 16, 2016 by
Frequent British Open host Muirfield has decided to hold a vote by mail on the possibility of admitting women members, according to a report by The Sunday Times. The Muirfield membership, known as the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, is one of only two male-only memberships in the Open rotation. Royal Troon, this year’s host, announced in […]
Royal & Ancient announces first group of female members
February 11, 2015 by
After 260 years, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews can now count 14 women as members of the club. The club, off which the governing body the R&A was formed in 2002, announced Tuesday seven honorary and seven ordinary — that is, they paid membership fees — female members. Among the honorary […]
Woods, Mickelson and Azinger likely members of Ryder Cup task force
October 8, 2014 by
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson made for terrible partners at the 2004 Ryder Cup. A decade later, the two appear poised to work together to fix a systemic problem. PGA of America president Ted Bishop has indicated multiple times in the last week there would be change coming to the entire U.S. approach to the […]
Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews votes to admit female members
September 19, 2014 by
It only took 260 years. On Thursday, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews announced its membership has voted to allow female members. Peter Dawson, chief executive of the R&A, the governing body off-shoot of the club, said the club will fast-track membership for “a significant initial number” of women into the club. […]
The 10 best golf moments of 2013: No. 3, Jason Day wins weeks after losing eight family members
December 28, 2013 by
Over the next 10 days, until we get to the New Year, we will be rolling out the top-10 best golf moments of 2013. After much deliberation and debate, we picked what we thought were the 10 moments you will remember about this season a decade from now. We continue with No. 3 and Jason […]
Jason Day lost eight family members to Typhoon Haiyan
November 21, 2013 by
A really sad story is coming out about one of the nicest guys in all of professional golf, as Jason Day lost eight relatives in the typhoon that ripped apart the Philippines a week ago. Day, the 26-year-old Australian professional golfer with one career PGA Tour win, confirmed that his grandmother, uncle and six cousins […]
Augusta National Golf Club decides to add two female members
August 20, 2012 by
Augusta National was established back in 1933, but for the first time in the club’s storied history, it will have female members sporting green jackets next year at the Masters, after chairman Billy Payne announced on Monday that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore will be joining the club […]
