Muirfield vote to allow women members at second time of asking

"The current waiting list for membership at Muirfield suggests that new candidates for membership, women and men, can expect to wait two to three years, or longer, to become a member of the club."

Muirfield has been restored to the list of Open Championship venues after its members voted to admit women into their ranks at the second time of asking.

The East Lothian course was immediately removed from the rota after a first vote narrowly failed to achieve the two-thirds majority required in May last year.