Royal Troon Golf Club announces review of female member policy

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Royal Troon Golf Club has taken a meaningful step towards finally admitting female members, thereby avoiding a wave of negative publicity at next year’s Open Championship, by announcing a “comprehensive review” of current policy.

Although a separate ladies club operates at the Ayrshire venue, Royal Troon itself has a male-only membership stance. The issue has proved thorny where the Open takes place at such courses; as was the case at Muirfield in 2013. Since that point, the Royal and Ancient Club of St Andrews has broken with its prejudiced tradition by voting to allow women to join, a move that was always likely to have a knock-on effect.

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