Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM NJ Golf Club Faces Discrimination Charges Over Men-Only Rules
Until April 2021, Pine Valley prohibited female membership and "with extremely narrow exceptions" prevented women "from playing golf or otherwise accessing club facilities," according to a civil suit filed by the state's attorney general.
April 28, 2022 at 06:20 PM
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For more than a century, Pine Valley Golf Club allowed only male members. According to a civil suit filed by the state's attorney general, that means the club "engaged in unlawful public accommodation, employment and housing discrimination on the basis of sex."
The suit, brought by Matthew J. Platkin, acting attorney general, and Rosemary DiSavino, deputy director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, charges Pine Valley Golf Club with violations of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
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