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FILE - This is a Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007 file photo of Sweden's Annika Sorenstam tees off from the 18th during a Pro Am event ahead of the Women's British Open golf tournament at the Old Course at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St Andrews, Scotland. On Thursday Sept. 18, 2014 the day residents of St. Andrews join their fellow Scots in voting whether to become an independent nation, a historic sporting decision will be made inside arguably the most famous building in golf. The Royal & Ancient Golf Club, an all-male bastion since its founding 260 years ago, votes Thursday whether to admit women members. For the first time, the R&A is allowing its 2,500 worldwide members to vote by proxy. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Royal & Ancient Golf Club votes to allow women members

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007 file photo of tournament winner and world number one Mexico's Lorena Ochoa as she tees off from the 18th with the St Andrews clubhouse in the background, during the Women's British Open golf tournament on the Old Course at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St Andrews, Scotland. The Royal &amp; Ancient could finally be allowing women to join one of the most influential golf clubs. The Daily Mail newspaper on Wednesday March 26, 2014 cited a letter from the R&amp;A to its 2,500 members recommending they change the all-male membership policy at St. Andrews. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Report: R&A asks members to allow women to join

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