Opening for a damsel to slay St George’s

THE ARGUMENTS over the failure of Augusta National to admit women as members are set to be revived at another of golf’s majors, the British Open.

The oldest of golf's four majors, the Open this year is being staged at the Royal St George's club in Sandwich, Kent, south-east England from July 24-27. Like Augusta, Royal St George's is a private club, with no women members.

But unlike the States where Martha Burk, of the National Council of Women's Organisations, led a well-publicised campaign to get Augusta to admit women members, a St George's spokesman insisted sexual equality was not an issue at the club.