On course for equality

The pandemic has inspired British women to grab a golf club, after the sport was one of the first to restart as restrictions were lifted, and offered the ideal socially distanced outdoor form of exercise.

Research by The R&A, golf’s governing body, found that female participation tripled in 2020, with nearly 1.5m women playing a full round that year. This meant women made up 28 per cent of all golfers, compared to just 14 per cent in 2019. However, it seems like the club house is still mainly a man’s world: only one in seven club members are female.