The wives of the members of Muirfield don’t want to be members!

Written by Mel Sole on May 23, 2016. Posted in Golf Courses

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There has been a lot said over the past week about Muirfield announcing that they would not allow ladies to be club members. The R&A reprimand was swift and punishing, and they removed Muirfield from the British Open Rota. But there is more to the story than meets the eye. (As there always is.) and former European Tour member and renowned TV analyst Peter Alliss give us what the lady members at Muirfield think. Check out the link below from Swing by Swing.

Peter Allis puts his foot in it!

Muirfield’s refusal to admit women members!

The aftermath of the R&A’s decision to pull Muirfield from the possible venues to host the Open Championshipas a result of the club’s refusal to admit women members continues to play out publicly.

Speaking with BBC Radio 5 Live, veteran golf commentator Peter Alliss stoked the flames a bit more with a suggestion for women who wish to play at Muirfield. The Guardian has the details:

Alliss, one of the most distinctive voices in golf, told BBC Radio 5 Live: “The women who are there as wives of husbands, they get all the facilities.

“I believe clubs were formed years ago by people of like spirit: doctors, lawyers, accountants, bakers, butchers, whatever they like. And they joined in like spirit to talk amongst them and to do whatever. I want to join the WVS [Women’s Voluntary Service] but unless I have a few bits and pieces nipped away on my body I’m not going to be able to get in.”

Read the wives’ response for Peter Allis when he suggested that they were soon to be members!

Source: Swing by Swing

Pictures: John Mundy

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