Blair O’Neal is one of four players vying for an LPGA exemption based on a Twitter vote. (Getty Images) The LPGA’s ShopRite Classic is offering an exemption into the Galloway, New Jersey, event to one of four players based on a Twitter vote. The event, working with a social media company called MVP Index which […]
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 […]
Fowler, Poulter voted most overrated by anonymous peer vote
May 5, 2015 by
Two of the PGA Tour’s sartorial stalwarts are considered by their peers to be the most overrated. A Sports Illustrated anonymous survey of PGA Tour players recently found that Rickie Fowler and Ian Poulter are considered to get too much hype given their perceived talent level. Both Fowler and Poulter received 24 percent of votes […]
