--- title: Royal and Ancient Golf Club in Scotland Votes to Allow Women description: Women will be able to join "the home of golf" for the first time in 260 years canonical: https://time.com/3398920/scotland-royal-and-ancient-golf-women/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-18T18:16:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:00.476Z og:title: Royal and Ancient Golf Club in Scotland Votes to Allow Women og:description: Another reason it's a historic day for Scotland og:url: https://time.com/3398920/scotland-royal-and-ancient-golf-women/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf03ebcbe15423b57/6986a425361760e3f690def2/453220446.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5760 og:image:height: 3240 og:image:alt: The Old Course St Andrews og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Royal and Ancient Golf Club in Scotland Votes to Allow Women twitter:description: Another reason it's a historic day for Scotland twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf03ebcbe15423b57/6986a425361760e3f690def2/453220446.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Scottish Golf Club Votes to Allow Female Members > Sponsored content. 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Dubbed “the home of golf,” the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews has helped set the rules of golf through the modern era, but women were [forbidden in the clubhouse](http://time.com/38488/british-golf-club-may-finally-allow-female-members/) until today. A total of 85% of the 2,500 worldwide members said yes to becoming mixed gender, Secretary of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club Peter Dawson announced in a [statement](http://www.randa.org/en/RandA/News/News/2014/September/RandA-Membership.aspx). Women could not even dine as guests at the club, a rule which barred many women at the University of St. Andrews from important meetings. The list of women who will likely join the the Royal and Ancient immediately includes USGA president Judy Bell and St. Andrews University principal Louise Richardson. The change comes just two years after Augusta National, the club that hosts the Masters, invited women onto its courses for the first time. 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