Six years ago it was still men-only — now Muirfield hosts the Women's Open for first time
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After hosting 16 men's British Open Championships across 130 years, Muirfield, in Scotland, is holding the women's event.
Yet after hosting 16 men's British Open Championships across 130 years, on Thursday, the women's event will tee off at the fabled Scottish links course for the first time.
It has been a long wait that looked set to be prolonged in May 2016 when the privately owned club's members -- The Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers -- voted against overturning its male-only membership policy. Established in 1744 at Leith in Edinburgh, the club moved to the East Lothian site in 1891.
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