Should the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers vote to admit women as members, that will leave this year’s Open host venue Royal Troon as the last remaining male-only club on the Open rota.
In January 2015, the Ayrshire links announced its intention to undertake a ‘comprehensive review’ of its circumstances ‘to consider the most appropriate membership policy for the future’.
What makes Royal Troon unique from some other male-only clubs is that it has a separate club for women, which has around 370 members and with which it will jointly stage this year’s Open.