Royal & ancient golf club of st andrews

October 25th, 2022

Major invites at stake at the Asia-Pacific Amateur, but players from emerging golf nations eye something different

Through the joint efforts of golf’s two most famous clubs and the Asia Pacific Golf Federation, the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship has done an impressive job spreading the golf word throughout this vast region.

June 28th, 2019

Muirfield’s Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers invites 12 women to join, ending 275 years of males only

Two-hundred-seventy-five years later, and more than two years after Muirfield’s Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers announced that it would open its membership to women, it has extended invitations to 12 women, the club announced today.

August 3rd, 2017

What’s it like to be a female golfer in Scotland? It ain’t pretty

Six months since Muirfield opened its membership to women, the attitude in the country towards female play is slowly evolving (emphasis on slowly).

July 21st, 2017

Rules Redo

The R&A and USGA are ready to rewrite the entire manual for how the game is played — and they want your help to do it.