R&A Asks Members: "Open to letting 15 women in at once?"
/Sam Weinman looks at the upcoming Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews vote on adding women as a membership options. The results will be revealed September 18th and a miraculous bit of timing to coincide with Scotland's vote on independence.
Besides asking members if they would accept the other gender, there was also another curious question.
In the ballots that went out last week to its roughly 2,500 members, the club asked two questions: Are you in favor of women members? And if so, would you be open to letting 15 women in at once?
What if you have strong feelings against the number 15? Do you vote no?
No one ever said this was going to be easy!