Which golf club, in 2015, lost the right to hold the British Open Championship after voting to continue its ban on women members?

Muirfield will not stage another Open Championship after maintaining its ban on women members in a vote described as "indefensible" and "embarrassing".

The Scottish club said voting in favour of allowing women had fallen just short of the required two thirds majority. The governing body the R&A said it would not stage the Open "at a venue that does not admit women as members".

To admit women golfers as members, Muirfield - a privately owned links in East Lothian run by The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers - needed two thirds (432) of its 648 eligible voters to back the move. Of the 616 members who voted, 397 - or 64% - voted for the resolution, while 219 (36%) voted against it.

Muirfield is located in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland, overlooking the Firth of Forth. Muirfield was formerly one of the golf courses used in rotation for The Open Championship.

Muirfield has hosted The Open Championship sixteen times, most recently in 2013 when Phil Mickelson lifted the trophy. Other past winners at Muirfield include Ernie Els, Nick Faldo (twice), Tom Watson, Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Henry Cotton, Alf Perry, Walter Hagen, Harry Vardon and Harold Hilton. Muirfield has also hosted The Amateur Championship (ten times), the Ryder Cup in 1973, the 1959 and 1979 Walker Cups, the 1952 and 1984 Curtis Cups, and many other important tournaments.