Tokyo golf club to review female ban
Olympics chief, Thomas Bach, on Friday said the Japanese club picked to host golf at Tokyo 2020 will soon review its controversial ban on full women's membership.
Bach, who reiterated his threat to take the Olympic golf elsewhere, said he was hopeful that the Kasumigaseki Country Club would opt for "non-discrimination".
"We were pleased to hear that the executive board of this golf club is meeting in the next couple of days to discuss this issue and to hopefully then grant the same rights to women as for men," Bach told media in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
"Should it be taken in another way, should gender equality not be respected, then we would look for another venue which would ensure non-discrimination," he added.
Kasumigaseki's club chairman has previously insisted he was baffled by complaints over its women's policy.
Earlier this week, Scotland's prestigious Muirfield club voted to allow women members, ditching a rule which had stood for 273 years.
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"We were pleased to hear that the executive board of this golf club is meeting in the next couple of days to discuss this issue and to hopefully then grant the same rights to women as for men," Bach told media in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
"Should it be taken in another way, should gender equality not be respected, then we would look for another venue which would ensure non-discrimination," he added.
Kasumigaseki's club chairman has previously insisted he was baffled by complaints over its women's policy.
Earlier this week, Scotland's prestigious Muirfield club voted to allow women members, ditching a rule which had stood for 273 years.
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