Muirfield members who voted no to female admittance did so as an act against the media, not women, Scottish newspaper The Scotsman reported.
A two-thirds majority 'yes' vote was needed from the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers to allow female members into Muirfield for the first time, but it was revealed last Thursday that only 64 percent voted for admittance.
The Scotsman talked to 81-year-old former rugby player and Muirfield member John Douglas, who was quoted as saying: "It wasn’t so much a vote against the ladies as a vote against the media and the press telling us what to do.