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Muirfield Loses The Open After Declining To Let Women Join


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2016-05-19T123945Z_1006980001_LYNXNPEC4I0WH_RTROPTP_2_CSPORTS-US-GOLF-OPEN-MUIRFIELD.JPGMuirfield will be removed from the list of courses that host Britain's Open championship, after a vote to admit women members fell short of the required two-thirds majority, the Royal and Ancient said on Thursday. Muirfield last hosted the tournament in 2013, when Phil Mickelson won, but it might be a while before it returns. "We have consistently said that it is a matter for the Honorable Company to conduct a review of its membership policy and that we would await their decision," the R&A, organizers of the sport's oldest major championship, said in a statement.

 

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