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Muirfield restored to Open rota after voting to admit women members
That didn’t take long. Just after Muirfield and the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers publicly announced the results of their vote to admit women, the R&A has restored the iconic venue to The Open rota.
A statement from R&A chief Martin Slumbers reads:
“In light of today’s decision by the Honourable Company we can confirm that Muirfield will become a venue for The Open once again. Muirfield has a long and important history of hosting The Open and with today’s announcement that will continue. It is extremely important for us in staging one of the world’s great sporting events that women can become members at all of our host clubs. Muirfield is a truly outstanding Open venue and we very much look forward to taking the Championship back there in future.”
Muirfield, which last hosted The Open in 2013, was stricken from the rota last May after a vote to admit women didn’t reach the two-thirds majority necessary to pass.
The Honourable Company announced the results of a second vote Tuesday, confirming that the was approved by 80.2 percent of members, well above the necessary two-thirds majority.
Henry Fairweather, the captain of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, told reporters outside the clubhouse: “This is a significant decision for a club which was founded in 1744 and retains many of the values and aspirations of its founding members.”
“We look forward to welcoming women as members who will enjoy, and benefit from, the great traditions and friendly spirit of this remarkable club”.
The seaside links layout has hosted The Open 16 times. Courses are scheduled through the 2021 Open, so the earliest we might see Muirfield hosting the competition is 2022.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
GolfWRX is on site in the Lone Star State this week for the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
General galleries from the putting green and range, WITBs — including Thorbjorn Olesen and Zac Blair — and several pull-out albums await.
As always, we’ll continue to update as more photos flow in. Check out links to all our photos from Houston below.
General Albums
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Monday #1
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Monday #2
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #2
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Thorbjorn Olesen – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Ben Silverman – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Jesse Droemer – SoTX PGA Section POY – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- David Lipsky – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Martin Trainer – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Zac Blair – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Jacob Bridgeman – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Trace Crowe – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Daniel Berger – WITB(very mini) – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Chesson Hadley – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Callum McNeill – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Rhein Gibson – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Patrick Fishburn – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Peter Malnati – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Raul Pereda – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Gary Woodland WITB (New driver, iron shafts) – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Padraig Harrington WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
Pullout Albums
- Tom Hoge’s custom Cameron – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Piretti putters – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Ping putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Kevin Dougherty’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Bettinardi putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Erik Barnes testing an all-black Axis1 putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Tony Finau’s new driver shaft – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
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Photos from the 2024 Players Championship
On the heels of Scottie Scheffler’s dominant victory at Bay Hill, the PGA Tour heads a little farther north in Florida to TPC Sawgrass this week for The Players Championship. And of course, GolfWRX is on site to get a look at what the players are playing.
We’ve already spotted a new Titleist mini driver this week, and there’s plenty more.
Check out our photos below!
Pullout Albums
- New Titleist 2 wood – 2024 The Players Championship
- Cam Young testing Titleist’s new 2-wood – 2024 THE PLAYERS Championship
- Hole Nos. 17 and 18 – 2024 THE PLAYERS Championship
- Toulon Small Batch Texas putter – 2024 The Players Championship
- Swag Golf custom headcovers – 2024 The Players Championship
- New Ping PLD staff bags – 2024 The Players Championship
- SuperStroke St. Patrick’s Day putter grip – 2024 The Players Championship
- Taylor Montgomery using PuttView X training goggles – 2024 The Players Championship
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Photos from the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
GolfWRX is on the ground in Orlando ahead of the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & Lodge.
We’re assembling our usual collection of WITB photos, general galleries, and of course, gear inspired by the King himself.
We’ll continue to add to the photos below as more flow in from Florida.
General Albums
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Monday #1
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Monday #2
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Monday #3
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Tuesday #2
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Tuesday #1 (thanks, bvmagic!)
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Tuesday #3 (bvmagic)
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Tuesday #2 (bvmagic)
WITB Albums
- Matt (LFG) Every – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Sahith Theegala – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Scottie Scheffler – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Luke List – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Adam Schenk – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Taylor Moore – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- David Ford – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Patrick Cantlay – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
Pullout Albums
- New Cameron putters (and new “LD” grip) – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- New Bettinardi MB & CB irons – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Custom Bettinardi API putter cover – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Custom Swag API covers – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- New Golf Pride Reverse Taper grips – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- New PXG putters – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Scottie Scheffler putter change – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Sepp Straka – shaft change to new Ventus blue – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Rickie Fowler’s new Cobra Darkspeed X driver and Denali shaft (and Radspeed 3-wood) – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Justin Rose testing Srixon Z Forged II irons – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
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Sodapoppin
Mar 16, 2017 at 1:21 am
G – entlemen
O – nly
L – adies
F – orbidden
Enough said. Period.
setter02
Mar 15, 2017 at 9:34 am
Google is your friend! http://www.ladiesgolfclub.com/golfformen
The dude
Mar 14, 2017 at 10:45 pm
very predictable…..welcome back to the rotation $$$$. Quid pro quo….
S Hitter
Mar 14, 2017 at 8:07 pm
So does the club have to build lockers and showers for women now? I guess they will, now that they are guaranteeing themselves of getting the millions that they would have lost had they stuck to the old ways of being men only. Expect to see a whole new section of clubhouse soon
Patricknorm
Mar 14, 2017 at 6:44 pm
My wife works at a bank where she lends about 50 billion dollars per annum to many businesses throughout the world. Her area of expertise is in the hotel industry, primarily with the major players. And she takes home well over 7 figures as her remuneration is tied to performance. The bigger the loan, the bigger the fee. I could easily see her joining a club like Muirfield because she likes the finer things in life, actually the best things in life. At her bank, there are 90,000 employees, in the executive branch, the ratio is about 35% women , each taking home at least $500,000 and like I said before, admirers and consumers of the finer things in life. They earned it and they can afford it.
So in 2017, why would any high end entity want to exclude women? It’s not that they can’t afford to join. Here’s a revenue stream these stuffed shirts never imagined.
JCGA
Mar 14, 2017 at 4:29 pm
Funny how the world turns now!!!
George
Mar 14, 2017 at 4:25 pm
Muirfield did not have to change its rules. Women did not sue Muirfield. The open championship just did not want to associate itself with that club for not allowing women to join. There is not any hypocrisy. You are more than welcome to open/ join any men only clubs you want. Just dont expect to hold a major golf tournament there. They could have remained men only. They voted not to be men only this time around.
Mitch
Mar 14, 2017 at 9:18 pm
I’m with you, George.
I don’t care that Muirfield was Men Only.
I don’t care that the R&A removed them from the rotation.
I don’t care that they voted to admit female members.
I don’t care that the R&A restored their spot in the rotation.
We all make choices. They sometimes have consequences.
Sometimes we get to have our cake and eat it it too. Other times, not.
Big deal.
Forsbrand
Mar 14, 2017 at 3:38 pm
Welcome ladies please feel free to tee off from the Tiger / Back Tees after all is equality you hae he same rights as the malt members!
Mark
Mar 14, 2017 at 3:03 pm
I feel really sorry for any woman asked to be a member. Muirfield is a great course with a stuffy old fashioned, out of touch with reality club attached. I can see a couple of token gestures to keep the R&A happy and that will be it. Muirfield members actually think they are the elite of the elite in Scottish Golf and look down on every club and course. Best of luck ladies, I hope you like Whisky and talking finance all day and night.
DocMcStuffins
Mar 16, 2017 at 10:33 am
Sounds like a classic case of not wanting to join a club that would have me.