On Golf
By KAREN CROUSE
In 2007, Louise Suggs said she was glad to have lived long enough to see the Women’s British Open played for the first time on the St. Andrews Old Course. For the 91-year-old Suggs, the wonders never cease. On Tuesday she was one of seven women offered honorary membership in the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, which voted last September to end its all-male policy.
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In 1987, Okamoto became the first non-American to win the L.P.G.A. player of the year honors. In her heyday, she was the Tiger Woods of Japan, sating the country’s immense appetite for a golf superstar.
In a statement, George Macgregor, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club’s captain, said, “This is an historic day for the club.” He added that the seven women “are extremely worthy additions to our roll of honorary members and will become ambassadors for the club as they have been for the sport of golf throughout their careers.”
The pool of worthy women is deep, deep enough for more and frequent dips into the sea of equity by golf’s ruling clubs.
