Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua pōti a Royal St George's ki te whakaae i ngā wāhine hei mema mō te wā tuatahi i roto i tōna hītori. He korero mai i te karapu i panui: "Ko te Royal St George's Golf Club he harikoa ki te kii, whai muri i te huihuinga nui o te huihuinga i tu i te 14th Hui-tanguru 2015 me te pooti i muri mai o nga mema katoa o te karapu, he whakataunga ki te whakarereke i nga ture o te karapu kia uru ai nga waahine ki te mema. "I raro i ngā ture o te karapu, ka whakaaetia anake te whakataunga mēnā ka whiwhi i te tautoko o te toru hauwhā o ngā pōti i tukuna i runga i te pōti. Neke atu i te 81 ōrau o ngā mema tūturu i whai wāhi atu ki te pōti, ā, he 90% i pōti i runga i te whakaaetanga kia āhei ngā wāhine ki te mema. I wikitoria a Darren Clarke i te Open i te wa whakamutunga i whakahaerehia ki Royal St George i te tau 2011. 'Ko te whakarerekētanga o ngā ture o te karapu, he pānga tonu, ā, e titiro whakamua ana te karapu ki te pōwhiri i ngā wāhine hei mema rangatahi, hei mema tūturu.' Ko te Royal St George tetahi o nga karapu e toru i runga i te Open rota me te kaupapa here mema-tangata anake. I whakahaerehia e te karapu te Open i te tau 2011 i te wa i riro ai i te rangatira o Ryder Cup a Darren Clarke. Ko Muirfield me Royal Troon nga akoranga e rua e whai ana i nga kaupapa here mema tane anake. Ko Muirfield, kei a The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, kei te arotake i ona paearu mema me te ripoata e whakaotihia ana i tenei marama, i te mea i kii a Troon i te marama o Hanuere ko tana hiahia ki te mahi i tetahi 'arotake whanui' o tana kaupapa here mema. Ka whiua e Rickie Fowler tētahi whiu i te 2011 Open Championship i waenganui i te papamuri o St George. E whakamanamana ana a St George's ki te bunker 60-waewae, te hohonu rawa atu i Ingarangi, hei ahuatanga motuhake o te akoranga. Kua whakaaro tonu a Troon ki a ia ano he take motuhake i tenei ahuatanga na te mea e tohaina ana e ia nga waahi ki te Karapu Korowha Wahine, Troon. I whakapumautia hoki e te karapu i te marama o Hanuere ka tohaina e ia te kawenga mo te manaaki i te Open i te 2016 me te Karapu Wahine, me te hanganga o te Komiti Whakataetae Whakataetae. Ka mea a Royal Troon Kapene, a Bob Martin: 'Royal...
Ko te Royal St George's te wāhi tuwhera hou hei whakaae i ngā mema wahine. Ko te karapu korowha i Sandwich, Kent, e whakaatu ana i te 90 ōrau i pōti i te taha. I mutu i te marama o Hepetema te mema o te R&A e 260 tau te roa o tana mema tane anake. Kua tirohia hoki te kaupapa here tāne anake i Muirfield me Troon.