Trans golfer Hailey Davidson fights to join LPGA amid backlash
Hailey Davidson is vying to become the first transgender golfer to earn a Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour card — despite facing a furious backlash from critics who believe that she has an unfair biological advantage.
Davidson, 29, played two strong rounds at the LPGA Qualifying School in Palm Springs, California, over the weekend, shooting a 70 on Thursday, followed by a 76 the next day, Fox News Digital reported.
LPGA rules dictate that any player who shoots under 88 in all three rounds will earn a 2023 Epson Tour Status, which is the qualifying tour for the LPGA Tour.
The top 100 players will move on to Stage II in October.
Davidson made history by becoming the first trans golfer to win a professional tournament — and the second to play in the first stage of the LPGA Qualifying School, following in the footsteps of Bobbi Lancaster who tried the same in 2013.
But Davidson’s push to join the LPGA Tour has been blasted by elite tennis coach Judy Murray, the mother of former world number one Andy Murray.
“No. Not fair at all,” Judy Murray tweeted on Saturday. “Protect women’s sport. Listen to the facts, the scientists and the medics. This is wrong.”
LPGA removed its “female at birth” requirement in 2010, opening the door to trans athletes — provided that they have undergone hormone treatment and gender reassignment surgery.
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Davidson underwent gender reassignment surgery last year and said she now hits the ball 15 mph slower.
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Well, at least she did have "gender reassignment" surgery; however, she will still have an unfair advantage. There's a reason that the women's tees are closer to the pin than the men's tees at golf courses.
