The decision by Muirfield Golf Club to continue its stance as an all-male club led to some stern opposition from many corners of the game, but it was a decision that noted commentator Peter Alliss supports.
Alliss, 85, has been the voice of golf for the BBC for generations. Hours after the Honourable Company of Edinborough Golfers narrowly missed the two-thirds majority needed to allow female members, Alliss told the U.K.'s Telegraph that the entire controversy was "nonsense" because women have always been allowed to play the course that has hosted the Open Championship 16 times.