Oct 23rd, 2018 Article
4th oldest golf club in world votes to allow women members
Edinburgh based Bruntsford Links Golfing Society saw a vote of 83.7% members cast in favour of allowing women members, with 67% of all eligible members participating.
Edinburgh based Bruntsford Links Golfing Society saw a vote of 83.7% members cast in favour of allowing women members, with 67% of all eligible members participating.
A second vote on whether to admit women members at Muirfield has been put on hold by the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers.
It’s a bally disgrace. Muirfield is going to distribute ballots for members to vote on admitting women to the club for the first time ever.
Germany is on the verge of having more members of golf clubs than England for the first time in history according to major new research by professional services firm KPMG. And there is a very simple reason why.
So Muirfield or to give its proper title, The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, has formally invited women to join the club as members for the first time since voting to change the club’s rules in 2017.
Voting has now opened for members of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers to decide whether or not women members will be admitted.
Members of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (HCEG), the world’s oldest golf club, have voted to remain a men only club. Consequently The Open will not be staged there again until it allows women to join as members.
Two more historic golf clubs have decided to end their men-only membership policies and allow women to become members for the first time. GolfPunk welcomes them into the 21st Century.
Brilliant! Muirfield members have been banned from sitting on a park bench in Edinburgh, by a bunch of cheeky ladies.
Muirfield Golf Club has been told to "get out of the dark ages" when it decides whether or not to admit women members in the New Year.
So there we have it. Muirfield has dragged itself into the 20th century and voted to 'allow' women as members for the first time in its history...
Here's how the golf world has reacted to the news From Muirfield they have refused to allow women members. But one person supports the no decision at Muirfield.