Via H of J4MB: At last! Some men have strapped on a pair, and drawn a
line in the sand. I didn’t expect the line to be drawn in a bunker on a
prestigious golf course, but it’s a start! The (BBC) article includes a comment from Nicola Sturgeon, who
introduced a gender-balanced cabinet regardless of individuals’ merit,
shortly after being appointed as First Minister. The daft trout tweeted: Scotland has women leaders in every walk of life. It is 2016. This is indefensible.
Scotland's radical feminist First Minister Nicola 'male hater' Sturgeon said Muirfield's stance was "simply indefensible".
To admit women golfers as members, Muirfield - a privately owned links in East Lothian run by The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers - needed two thirds (432) of its 648 eligible voters to back the move.
But after a "comprehensive" two-year consultation process described as "thorough" and conducted "with all due diligence and professionalism", it fell narrowly short of that number.
Of the 616 members who voted, 397 - or 64% - voted for the resolution, while 219 (36%) voted against it.
Muirfield captain Henry Fairweather, who announced the result of the ballot, said: "Our club committee recommended that members should vote for the admission of women as members of the club.
"A majority of members voted for women as members of the club but the two-thirds majority that we require for a change in the rules was not met. The club, therefore, will retain its men-only membership policy.
"The Honorary Club is a members club and the members decide the rules of the club, including its membership policy.
"Women will continue to be welcome at Muirfield on the course and in the clubhouse as guests and visitors, as they have been for many years."
A 33-strong group of 'no' campaigners among the Muirfield members had cited concerns about slow play and making women "feel uncomfortable" among the "risks" of admitting female members.
English golfer Melissa Reid, twice a member of Europe's Solheim Cup team, described the decision as "embarrassing".
"You know it was an opportunity for Muirfield, but they've wasted it," she told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I think that the decision the R&A have made to postpone the Open being there is a good one. I wouldn't play there, because I'd be going against what I believe if I went there.
"We're still a long way off the men's game in terms of prize money, and this just sets it back even further".
George Kerevan, the SNP MP for East Lothian, tweeted: "I'm outraged by decision of minority at Muirfield Golf Club to block admitting female members. Sad for golf, equality, democracy."
He added: "Defeat of proposal to admit women members at Muirfield Golf Club imperils the sport in East Lothian. Very selfish."
Royal Troon is the only other Open venue that still excludes women.
Due to stage this year's Championship, it is consulting members about altering that arrangement.
Muirfield last hosted the Open in 2013, when American Phil Mickelson won the famous Claret Jug.
Reacting to the decision, R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said: "The Open is one of the world's great sporting events and going forward we will not stage the Championship at a venue that does not admit women as members.
"If the policy at the club should change, we would reconsider Muirfield as a venue in future."
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews opened its membership to women in 2014 for the first time in 260 years, while Royal St George's in Kent lifted its ban on women last year.
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BBC [British Brainwashing Cunts]: Muirfield has been told it will
not stage another Open Championship as long as it continues to bar women
golfers from becoming members.
The Scottish golf club announced on Thursday that its members had voted against allowing women to join.
Governing body the R&A said it would not stage the Open "at a venue that does not admit women as members".
The Scottish golf club announced on Thursday that its members had voted against allowing women to join.Scotland's radical feminist First Minister Nicola 'male hater' Sturgeon said Muirfield's stance was "simply indefensible".
To admit women golfers as members, Muirfield - a privately owned links in East Lothian run by The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers - needed two thirds (432) of its 648 eligible voters to back the move.
But after a "comprehensive" two-year consultation process described as "thorough" and conducted "with all due diligence and professionalism", it fell narrowly short of that number.
Of the 616 members who voted, 397 - or 64% - voted for the resolution, while 219 (36%) voted against it.
Muirfield captain Henry Fairweather, who announced the result of the ballot, said: "Our club committee recommended that members should vote for the admission of women as members of the club.
"A majority of members voted for women as members of the club but the two-thirds majority that we require for a change in the rules was not met. The club, therefore, will retain its men-only membership policy.
"The Honorary Club is a members club and the members decide the rules of the club, including its membership policy.
"Women will continue to be welcome at Muirfield on the course and in the clubhouse as guests and visitors, as they have been for many years."
A 33-strong group of 'no' campaigners among the Muirfield members had cited concerns about slow play and making women "feel uncomfortable" among the "risks" of admitting female members.
English golfer Melissa Reid, twice a member of Europe's Solheim Cup team, described the decision as "embarrassing".
"You know it was an opportunity for Muirfield, but they've wasted it," she told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I think that the decision the R&A have made to postpone the Open being there is a good one. I wouldn't play there, because I'd be going against what I believe if I went there.
"We're still a long way off the men's game in terms of prize money, and this just sets it back even further".
George Kerevan, the SNP MP for East Lothian, tweeted: "I'm outraged by decision of minority at Muirfield Golf Club to block admitting female members. Sad for golf, equality, democracy."
He added: "Defeat of proposal to admit women members at Muirfield Golf Club imperils the sport in East Lothian. Very selfish."
Royal Troon is the only other Open venue that still excludes women.
Due to stage this year's Championship, it is consulting members about altering that arrangement.
Muirfield last hosted the Open in 2013, when American Phil Mickelson won the famous Claret Jug.
Reacting to the decision, R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said: "The Open is one of the world's great sporting events and going forward we will not stage the Championship at a venue that does not admit women as members.
"If the policy at the club should change, we would reconsider Muirfield as a venue in future."
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews opened its membership to women in 2014 for the first time in 260 years, while Royal St George's in Kent lifted its ban on women last year.
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