Bach delivers warning to 2020 golf venue


International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach speaks during a news conference in Pyeongchang, South Korea, March 17, 2017. Yu Hyung-jae/Yonhap via REUTERS

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - Olympic chief Thomas Bach hopes the golf club hosting the men's and women's tournaments at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will change its policy and allow equal rights to women but underlined the IOC's stance it would seek another venue if it failed to do so.

Kasumigaseki Country Club has come under fire for its policy of barring women from playing on Sundays and obtaining full membership.

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