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Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson has superior to the subsequent spherical of Q Faculty and can now compete for her LPGA Tour card.
Davidson needed to end among the many high 95 golfers this week in Rancho Mirage, California throughout the LPGA Q-Collection: Pre-Qualifying Stage.
After ending her ultimate spherical with a rating of 71 (1-under), she completed in a tie for forty second place after 4 rounds with a rating of 284.
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Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson is seen throughout the pre-qualifying section of the LPGA Q-Collection. (Riley Gaines/X)
Davidson now advances to the qualifying event, which will likely be held October 15-18 on the Plantation Golf and Nation Membership in Venice, Florida. If Davidson finishes amongst a sure variety of golfers, she will transfer on to the ultimate qualifying event, which will likely be held in December in Cell, Alabama.
Davidson shot 72, 72, 69, 71 in her 4 rounds this weekend to complete on 4-under par.
Event winner Ashley Menne, an novice, shot 16-under par after taking pictures 4-under (68) on the Dinah Shore Event Course, the identical course the place Davidson shot 1-under on Sunday.
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Davison, who almost certified for the US Ladies’s Open this yr, has stirred controversy throughout the sport, significantly after feedback about athletes who complained about competing towards trans athletes like herself.
“I’ll by no means perceive athletes who blame a transgender athlete for their very own athletic failures,” Davidson lately wrote on Instagram whereas practising for Q Faculty. “For those who don’t take duty on your failures, you’ll by no means be ok to make it.”
Davidson additionally spoke out after the NXXT Ladies’s Professional Tour introduced in March that eligible opponents should be “biologically feminine at delivery” to compete in occasions.
Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson is seen throughout the pre-qualifying section of the LPGA Q-Collection. (Riley Gaines/X)
“Efficient instantly, I’ve been banned (blocked) from the next 3 NXXT tournaments that I had already registered for and been cleared to compete in,” Davidson wrote on her Instagram Tales on the time.
“They modified their coverage midway by means of the season after I had already signed up and completed second within the race for Participant of the 12 months.”
Davidson gained the Ladies’s Traditional on Jan. 18, marking her first victory in additional than two years. It additionally certified her for an end-of-season Epson Tour exemption, the official qualifying tour of the LPGA.
Nonetheless, the NXXT Ladies’s Professional Tour confronted main backlash over Davison’s participation and adjusted the foundations, successfully banning her from future competitors.
“The NXXT Ladies’s Professional Tour’s insurance policies, significantly relating to gender, are designed to align with these of the LPGA and USGA. This method is crucial to sustaining the integrity of our partnership with the LPGA and guaranteeing a good and constant aggressive atmosphere,” a Tour assertion mentioned on the time. “When Hailey Davidson joined the Tour, she complied with this coverage by offering the mandatory documentation, together with validation from the LPGA and USGA, which additionally enabled her to take part in 2022 Q-Faculty.”
In the meantime, the LPGA at present has an inclusion coverage for transgender athletes who bear surgical procedure after male puberty, stating that transgender athletes “have a pathway to membership and the chance to compete in occasions, and in an effort to make sure honest competitors for all members and individuals.”
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“An applicant for membership or participation in a event who has undergone a gender transition from male to feminine after puberty should determine themselves throughout the utility/participation course of and supply proof of gender in accordance with this coverage,” the LPGA Tour mentioned. “Failure to offer proof of gender when gender transition has occurred and failure to adjust to the method and procedures set forth on this coverage could lead to disqualification from membership and/or participation in a event.
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“If there’s a real query about an applicant’s eligibility, together with by means of sponsor exemptions or {qualifications}, the LPGA has the appropriate, in its sole discretion, to require the athlete to substantiate her transition standing in accordance with this coverage.”
Fox Information’ Ryan Gaydos and Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
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Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson makes subsequent Q Faculty stage, competes for LPGA Tour card
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