Posted on 10/23/2024 11:21:35 AM PDT by Red Badger
Hundreds of female golfers have complained about the participation of Scottish-born transgender player Hailey Davidson in the penultimate stage of the LPGA Tour’s qualifying competition.
Davidson, a 31-year-old professional originally from Ayrshire but now based in Florida, has said that the intention is “to make Scotland proud” by earning a card on the women’s premier circuit.
But after progressing through August’s first stage of Q-School , the former player on a US male college team was accused of acting “unfairly”, with Amy Olson, a two-time major runner-up, railing against Davidson being allowed to compete. “These women have worked too hard and too long to have to stand by and watch a man compete for and take their spot,” she said.
It has now emerged that this view was held by many in the field, with the International Women’s Forum revealing that 275 signed a letter sent to the LPGA, the US Golf Association and the International Golf Federation, urging Davidson’s removal from the tournament.
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gotta check under them Kilts, don’tja know?
Only way they will be successful is to boycott the tournaments in mass where there is a man, pretending to be a woman, allowed to compete. After a couple of tournaments with no players, they will get the message.
Paging Tonya Harding...
I don’t know. It is really tough for me to get worked up about this. On any given day, my wife will destroy me in a round of golf. Although, I do see a day when this is no longer true.
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