Will Augusta National’s Move to Allow Female Members Cause a Rethink at the R&A?
Former British Open Women's Champ Vivien Saunders (Photo: viviensaunders.com
On August 20, the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, which plays host each year to The Masters golf tournament, reversed 80 years of history by allowing two women to become members.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina businesswoman Darla Moore were named as the club’s first female members.
Vivien Saunders won the British Women’s Open Championship back in 1977.
She was also the first European to earn a player’s card on the LPGA tour.
Saunders has been fighting for gender equality at golf courses in Britain for decades.
She says she welcomes Augusta National’s decision, and says she hope it spurs the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews to rethink its “men-only” policy.
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