AUGUSTA, Ga. — Augusta National Golf Club opened its competitive doors to women on Wednesday, announcing it would host a women’s amateur championship the week before the Masters next year.
Making his first State of the Masters address, the club president Fred Ridley said the club, which had barred women from membership until six years ago, would welcome the world’s top amateurs to compete for the Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship.
“Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts left behind a legacy of always trying to contribute meaningfully to the game of golf,” Ridley said, referring the club’s founders.