Tokyo Olympic golf course must give female members equal rights or lose event, says IOC

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Tokyo Olympic golf course must give female members equal rights or lose event, says IOC

Kasumigaseki Country Club is due to host the men’s and women’s
tournaments in 2020 but the IOC has demanded it allows full access
to both sexes

Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Tuesday 21 February 2017 06.27 GMT

The venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic golf tournament could have the event taken away unless it grants equal playing rights to female members, the International Committee (IOC) has warned.

Kasumigaseki Country Club, a private golf course in Saitama prefecture, north-west of Tokyo, forbids women from becoming full members and from playing on Sundays.

The club is due to host the men’s and women’s tournaments in 2020, four years after golf was reinstated as an Olympic sport in Rio last summer.

But in an intervention that could result in more disruption to preparations for the Tokyo Games, the IOC’s vice president, John Coates, said organisers would have to find another venue if the Kasumigaseki club retained its discriminatory membership policy.

[font size=1]-snip-[/font]

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/21/tokyo-olympic-golf-course-must-give-female-members-equal-rights-or-lose-event-says-ioc

[underpants]

1. So the next two Olympic events are in South Korea and Japan

Well,isn't this going to be interesting.