Before and after.
Posted on 05/16/2021 8:42:58 AM PDT by simpson96
Hailey Davidson is hoping her next stop is the LPGA after her mini-tour win at Providence Golf Club last week, although she is awaiting word on her eligiblity.
According to Beth Ann Nichols of Golfweek, the transgender woman underwent gender confirmation surgery in January and had been undergoing hormone treatments since 2015.
"We are currently reviewing Hailey’s application to participate in LPGA Tour events under the LPGA’s gender policy," LPGA Chief Tour Operations Officer Heather Daly-Donofrio said. "The policy is designed to be a private and confidential process between the LPGA and the athlete."
Davidson is allowed to compete in USGA championships after the organization told her she met its Gender Policy eligibility criteria. She is hoping for a similar result through a reciprocity agreement.
The USGA previously had a policy that required a player to be two years removed from surgery in order to compete, but the rule was changed this year. The LPGA had a "female at birth" requirement until removing the rule in 2010.
Davidson hadn't played a professional tournament in six years before returning to the sport in April. She finished 10th at a U.S. Women’s Open qualifier before competing in the NWGA event this weekend, winning the event after shooting two strokes under par across the two rounds.
The 28-year-old is now hoping to be the first transgender woman to compete in the LPGA.
"As cool as it would be the first person to do something, to be honest, right now could not be a better time for me to hopefully keep pushing forward and maybe break out, because there is so much anti-transgender legislation," Davidson said.
"I feel like actually having representation on any professional sports level will give kids so much more hope."
(Excerpt) Read more at bleacherreport.com ...
Before and after.
That is the most disgusting thing I’ve seen in a long time.
He is not a “transgender woman”. He is a man. Period. He has no business competing in women’s sports.
Good bye to women’s golf.
Yup.
“As cool as it would be the first person to do something, to be honest, right now could not be a better time for me to hopefully keep pushing forward and maybe break out, because there is so much anti-transgender legislation,” Davidson said.
Translation........I’m not good enough to compete against men, on any of the available tours...PGA, Korn Ferry, European, Asian, etc etc .... so I’ll become a chick, even though I’m a man and I can bomb it past all the actual women, and maybe I’ll have a chance to win something.
I hope Fassi embarrasses this guy.
Men who try to turn themselves into women never look that feminine. Now Bruce Jenner looks okay as a pretend woman but he can afford to have an army of make-up people at his disposal.
I seem to recall reading that the LPGA has a rule that all competitors must have been born a female. And, of course, I could be wrong...
Maybe I should read ALL of the article, huh?
Good, this overt insanity will break the system.
Where did Bruce Jenner get all of his money, anyhow? Wheaties?
Interesting. If all this equality crap is true, why aren’t there transgender women trying to qualify for the men’s PGA tour?
An actual woman would of course not need gender confirmation surgery or hormone treatments.
> I seem to recall reading that the LPGA has a rule that all competitors must have been born a female. <
It wouldn’t matter one bit if they did. Either the LPGA will bow to fascist liberal pressure and change the rule, or some federal judge will say that the rule is unconstitutional.
Either way, that guy is going to play in the LPGA.
Even if it does, the rules committee will change that after corporate America gets involved and they become the target of numerous and varying types of threats, both financial and physical.
Endorsements and TV show(s)?
Cause theyd get clobbered. This is not and has never been about “equality”. Its all about greed, cheating and an easy way to make money
These f’kers need to be thrown in jail.
Either way, that guy is going to play in the LPGA.
Phyllis Mickelson should offer it some competition.
Excellent!
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