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Transgender golfer sues LPGA over policy that protects women's competitions
Fox News ^ | 3/20/26 | Jackson Thompson

Posted on 03/21/2026 4:45:30 AM PDT by Libloather

Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson has sued the LPGA and USGA for its policies that prohibit biological males who underwent male puberty from competing in women's competition.

The LPGA said in a statement it was aware of the lawsuit and would "let that process play out on the proper forum."

"The LPGA’s gender policy was developed through a thoughtful, expert-informed process and is grounded in protecting the competitive integrity of elite women’s golf," the statement said.

The USGA and LPGA changed gender policies for events in 2025 and beyond, declaring that players must be assigned female at birth or have transitioned to female before going through male puberty to be eligible to compete.

The 33-year-old Davidson didn’t transition until after puberty. Davidson competed in a U.S. Open qualifier and LPGA Qualifying School under a different policy in 2024, falling short in both efforts.

Davidson claimed in the lawsuit that the new policy effectively bans transgender women from competing in USGA women’s events or the LPGA because many states prevent children from taking hormones or blocking puberty.

When the USGA denied Davidson entry into the qualifier, Davidson claimed the Hackensack Golf Club violated the law by saying the USGA controlled all decisions regarding eligibility. Davidson began hormone treatments in Davidson's early 20s in 2015 and in 2021 underwent gender-affirming surgery, which was required under the LPGA’s previous gender policy.

Davidson also filed a lawsuit against the women's golf tour NXXT in December after it changed its policies to prevent biological males from competing against females.

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TOPICS: Outdoors; Science; Sports; Travel
KEYWORDS: cheaters; competition; failedmaleathletes; freaksversusnormals; golf; lpga; transgender; women; xyxx
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To: Libloather

There is only one reason men watch LPGA.
Hot women in short skirts.


21 posted on 03/21/2026 7:03:14 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Libloather

Ummm, what’s par for that hole?


22 posted on 03/21/2026 7:07:30 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: ConservaTexan

“I disagree. That statement validates the whacko tranny leftists. No one is “assigned” gender at birth. Gender is identified and recorded at birth.”

That is exactly what I was trying to impart. I guess I didn’t do a very good job, which is why you disagree.


23 posted on 03/21/2026 7:10:01 AM PDT by VMI70 (My Goal in Life is to be the Kind of Person My Dog Thinks I Am)
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To: Libloather

So you lost your putter so you could play, then they changed the rules....... :)


24 posted on 03/21/2026 7:32:11 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: Libloather
declaring that players must be assigned female at birth

No one is "assigned female" at birth. What happens at birth is that your sex is recorded.

25 posted on 03/21/2026 7:39:56 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: libertylover

Gender is decided by which egg the male’s sperm reaches first! My guess is that little tadpole has a special king of Holy GPS guiding it to the gender God intends.


26 posted on 03/21/2026 8:28:35 AM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: TonyM
Slight correction:

Gender [Sex] is decided by which egg the male’s sperm reaches first! My guess is that little tadpole has a special king of Holy GPS guiding it to the gender [sex] God intends.

When you succumb to the terminology of the left, you've given them a victory.

27 posted on 03/21/2026 8:43:10 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: TonyM
And another term that is commonly used but is also wrong, no one is "assigned a gender" at birth. What happens at birth is that one's sex is recorded.
28 posted on 03/21/2026 8:46:23 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Lockbox
So you lost your putter so you could play, then they changed the rules....... :)

I showed this to my wife and she said, his putter and his balls.

29 posted on 03/21/2026 9:01:29 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: cnsmom

Not sure if it matters. I’m guessing there is a rule where the PGA subsidizes. Similar to WNBA.


30 posted on 03/21/2026 9:14:05 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: mikelets456

Obergefell, Bostock, and the Respect for Marriage Act work together to push transgenderism.


31 posted on 03/21/2026 9:15:28 AM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
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To: Tommy Revolts

Everything about golf is different than basketball. The trans movement will kill the LPGA but that is the objective. End women’s sports, education etc and just allow human trafficking for the democrat demons.


32 posted on 03/21/2026 10:53:23 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Libloather

The balls must remain on the grass is women’s golf!


33 posted on 03/21/2026 11:59:26 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: healy61


"Luck is for dudes!"
34 posted on 03/21/2026 12:06:50 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: mikelets456

I agree with you. Where I live, we don’t have a lot of trouble with this & I can’t really understand it since it has been a fairly recent phenomenon. This crap never existed when I was a young man, at least that I was aware of.


35 posted on 03/21/2026 3:17:15 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: newfreep

Yikes! That explains my kids. Where is the website that explains the faults of socialism and the number of people it has killed?


36 posted on 03/21/2026 8:22:33 PM PDT by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: Libloather
Sick!
37 posted on 03/22/2026 4:11:14 AM PDT by 55Ford (https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIP.Xy4oYwb)
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To: Libloather
"Transgender" Golfer Hailey Davidson



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38 posted on 03/22/2026 5:08:28 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They didnEat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: 55Ford

Satan’s LGBTQ+ Agenda is designed
to Destroy Normal Society


39 posted on 03/22/2026 5:10:25 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They didnEat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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/Captain Obvious


40 posted on 03/22/2026 5:10:50 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They didnEat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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