PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: Olympic chief Thomas Bach hopes the golf club hosting the men's and women's tournaments at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will change its policy and allow equal rights to women but underlined the IOC's stance it would seek another venue if it failed to do so.
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Muirfield to allow female members, can host Open
LONDON • The Muirfield Golf Club voted on Tuesday to admit women members, scrapping the all-male policy that led to the historic Scottish links course being stripped of its eligibility to host Britain's Open championship.
Seletar Country Club: Members may have to pay $10k top-up fees
The fees would pay for 19-year lease extension until the end of 2040 and upgrading works Seletar Country Club members may have to pay as much as $10,000 each for the lease extension of the club's golf course and upgrading of its other facilities. The club has called for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on … Continue reading Seletar Country Club: Members may have to pay $10k top-up fees
SICC members question huge budget for new clubhouse
SINGAPORE — The construction of a new 12,000sqm clubhouse at the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC), estimated to cost S$59.3 million, will be put to the vote by members in a few months’ time, but some are already grousing about the large budget set aside for the project. To raise awareness for the new Bukit … Continue reading SICC members question huge budget for new clubhouse
SICC looks to a new S$60 million clubhouse to replace soon-to-be-lost facilities
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) looks set to build a new S$60 million facility called the 5 Acre Woods Clubhouse by July 2020. The move to build the new clubhouse is in anticipation of the expiry of leases for the land on which its current Bukit clubhouse sits, as well as the Sime Course in 2021, and the Bukit Course in 2030. In February 2014, the Singapore … Continue reading SICC looks to a new S$60 million clubhouse to replace soon-to-be-lost facilities
Club Managers' Association (Singapore) 