Hailey Davidson, a transgender golfer, won the NXXT Women’s Pro Tour in Florida in January. He hoped to make use of the win as a stepping stone to changing into the primary transgender girl to earn an LPGA Tour card.
Fox Sports reports, “The LPGA Tour removed its “female at birth” requirement in 2010. Davidson started hormone remedy remedies in 2015 and underwent gender reassignment surgical procedure in 2021, Golfweek reported in Could 2021. In response to the outlet, Davidson final competed as a male at U.S. Open native qualifying in 2015 at Admiral’s Cove in Jupiter, Florida.”
However now, the ladies’s golf league is closing the door on Davidson’s makes an attempt to make use of NXXT to qualify for an LPGA Tour card.
NXXT introduced Friday, Worldwide Girls’s Day, that efficient instantly opponents should be a organic feminine at beginning to take part.
NXXT Golf introduced on Friday that, efficient instantly, opponents should be a organic feminine at beginning to take part. A press release from the tour notes that it underscores the group’s dedication to “maintaining the integrity of women’s professional golf and ensuring fair competition.” The information comes on Worldwide Girls’s Day.
“As we navigate through the evolving landscape of sports, it is crucial to uphold the competitive integrity that is the cornerstone of women’s sports,” mentioned NXXT Golf CEO Stuart McKinnon in a press release.
“Our revised policy is a reflection of our unwavering commitment to celebrating and protecting the achievements and opportunities of female athletes. Protected categories are a fundamental aspect of sports at all levels, and it is essential for our Tour to uphold these categories for biological females, ensuring a level playing field.”
Golfweek provides that, after Davidson’s January win, the tour carried out an nameless ballot to supply gamers enter into the tour’s gender coverage, though the ballot’s outcomes haven’t been launched.
Davidson complained concerning the ruling on Instagram Tales, per Fox News, saying, “Effective immediately, I have been removed (banned) from the next 3 NXXT tournaments that I already signed up for and been approved to play.”
“They changed their policy mid season, after me signing up already and being 2nd in Player of the Year race,” he wrote.
