Sixty-five years after the formation of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, nearly four decades after the first Women’s British Open, and after more than two-and-a-half centuries of allowing only men to join its membership ranks, one of golf’s oldest and most famous clubs this week finally admitted its first women members, including the daughter of Queen Elizabeth and golfing legend Annika Sorenstam.

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, in Scotland, voted in September to allow women members for the first time since it was formed 260 years ago, and announced that its first members had accepted this week. In addition to Princess Anne and Sorenstam, the club added five other women’s golfers: four-time major champion Laura Davies and amateur Belle Robertson from Britain; Americans Renee Powell, the second black woman to ever play on the LPGA Tour, and Louise Suggs, an 11-time major winner; and France’s Lally Segard, the president of the International Golf Federation.

“I am very honored to be one of the lucky ladies,” Sorenstam tweeted after the announcement.

Though those women are only “honorary” members, the club also announced that “a number of women have been admitted as members of the Club with more set to follow in the coming months” (it does not disclose the names of full members).

via After 260 Years, Golf Club Admits Women Members | ThinkProgress.