Royal Troon won’t be mixed-gender 

club before Open championship

FROM GOLF DIGEST.COM

By John Strege

The Open will be played at Royal Troon for the ninth time this summer, yet it “will definitely not be a mixed gender club before hosting this year's Open Championship, although the club is on course to vote on the controversial issue by the end of the year,” Phil Casey of the Press Association writes.

                                       Royal Troon Golf Club's men-only clubhouse. Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

 

“A ‘comprehensive review’ of membership policy was announced by Royal Troon Golf Club in January 2015 and the issue will not be resolved until the ‘back end’ of 2016. club captain Martin Cheyne told Press Association Sport: 

‘What’s important is that we do this thoroughly and properly. We have 138 years of history across the two clubs (Troon Ladies is a separate club) and it’s important that we get this right.’”

Royal Troon shares facilities with the Ladies Golf Club, Troon, and both clubs are involved in hosting the Open.

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The Postage Stamp, the renowned par-3 eighth hole at Royal Troon.
If you miss it left, there's a bunker will gather it up. It you miss it right, you will be several yards below the level of the green and that bunker on left will be at the back of the green as you play it from the lower level. If you are short or long with your tee shot, there's also trouble waiting for you.
You have to hit the green and one or two-putt. Some people have been lucky enough to get holes in one!