Because these clubs are private, rather than public organizations, federal laws can’t regulate them or their membership policies. Pine Valley Golf Club, NJ Getty Imagesīut it’s perfectly legal to discriminate. Augusta National, an 88-year-old institution not exactly known for its forward thinking - it only admitted its first black member in 1990 - began admitting women nearly a decade ago. It’s hard to believe that in the 21st century there was even a single private golf club that still excluded women from membership. In an email to members, who include Jack Nicklaus (and Arnold Palmer and Sean Connery before their deaths), Pine Valley club president Jim Davis said “the future of golf must move toward inclusion,” adding that the change puts the club “on the right side of history.” Pine Valley will now begin the process of identifying women candidates for membership and is expected to have its first female members by the end of 2021. Previously, women had only been allowed at the club as guests of members, and if they wanted to actually play golf, they could only do so on a Sunday afternoon. On April 30, the members of Pine Valley Golf Club in New Jersey, which has a course routinely rated as the very best in the United States, voted to finally allow women to join their club - a mere 108 years after its founding. Top 10 golfers of all time: The Post’s experts make their casesĪrnold Palmer honored in emotional first-tee ceremony Inside story of Masters winners’ favorite green jacket moments Pinpointing moment where Tiger Woods became a legend
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