Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson starts next Q school stage despite 275 female golfers opposing LPGA policy

Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson teed up connected Tuesday for nan 2nd shape of qualifying for her LPGA Tour paper contempt a group of 275 female golfers opposing nan organization's policies allowing those assigned antheral astatine commencement to compete successful women’s events. 

Davison sewage done nan pre-qualifying shape of Q-School backmost successful August, finishing T-42nd contempt nan immense number of female golfers voicing their displeasure pinch nan LPGA’s gender policy.

The Independent Women’s Forum shared pinch OutKick that a missive signed by each 275 golfers was sent to nan LPGA, United States Golf Association (USGA) and nan International Golf Federation (IGF) connected Aug. 19, which was 3 days earlier Davidson competed successful nan pre-qualifying stage.

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Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson during pre-qualifying shape of LPGA Q-Series. (Riley Gaines/X)

But that missive intelligibly didn’t alteration anything, arsenic Davison went connected to sprout an opening information 78 connected Tuesday arsenic she continues to vie for an LPGA Tour card. 

Davidson has her tied for 171st spot retired of nan 194-person field. Only nan apical 35, and those tied for those positions, will beforehand to nan last qualifying. Those players that compete successful each 4 rounds of nan 2nd qualifying shape will get constricted position connected nan Epson Tour, which is simply a measurement beneath nan LPGA Tour. 

The LPGA’s existent gender argumentation allows transgender golfers to participate arsenic agelong arsenic gender-affirming room is done aft puberty and hormone therapy requirements person been met. 

Davidson has been vocal astir her transition, and she defended herself successful August aft moving connected to nan adjacent stage. 

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"Every twelvemonth I person played astatine Q School, nan players person gotten longer and longer to wherever I was being outdriven by 40 yards consistently successful nan last information yesterday by 1 player," Davidson wrote successful an Instagram. "Honestly I emotion seeing it though, particularly since their [sic] is this monolithic dishonesty retired location that I americium outdriving everyone, which is conscionable truthful very acold from nan truth and reality. 

"Clearly blimpish media needs to springiness these astonishing female athletes WAY much in installments alternatively than belittle them and their capabilities each successful an effort to onslaught transgender athletes."

Davidson began hormone treatments successful 2015 and had gender-affirming room successful 2021. 

The female golfers who signed nan missive to nan various play organizations are existent and erstwhile players. 

"It is basal for nan integrity and fairness of women’s play to person a clear and accordant information argumentation successful spot based connected a player’s immutable sex," nan missive read. "There are differences betwixt nan sexes — female and antheral — that specifically impact our athletics of golf."

LPGA logo during nan 2nd information of nan North Texas LPGA Shootout played astatine Las Colinas Country Club successful Irving, TX. (Ray Carlin/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Golfweek obtained a memo from LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan successful August, which said nan LPGA Tour and Epson Tour will reason a reappraisal of its gender argumentation by nan extremity of nan year, wherever changes, if any, will beryllium implemented earlier nan commencement of adjacent season. 

Davidson, who played men’s assemblage play astatine some Wilmington University successful Delaware and Christopher Newport successful Virginia, astir qualified for nan U.S. Women’s Open this year. She has been astatine nan halfway of contention successful nan athletics passim 2024, and she hasn’t been acrophobic to speak up connected her end. 

"I will ne'er understand athletes who blasted a transgender competitor connected their ain diversion failures," Davidson wrote connected Instagram while practicing for Q School. "If you don’t return accountability for your failures past you will ne'er really beryllium bully capable to make it."

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Davidson besides criticized nan NXXT Women’s Pro Tour aft it announced successful March that eligible participants connected circuit must beryllium a "biological female astatine birth" successful bid to compete. 

"Effective immediately, I person been removed (banned) from nan adjacent 3 NXXT tournaments that I already signed up for and been approved to play," Davidson wrote connected her Instagram Stories astatine nan time. 

"They changed their argumentation mid season, aft maine signing up already and being 2nd successful Player of nan Year race." 

Davidson had won nan Women’s Classic connected Jan. 18, which was her first triumph successful much than 2 years and put her successful position to gain an Epson Tour exemption astatine nan extremity of nan season. 

NXXT Golf wasn’t nan only circuit to update its argumentation this year, arsenic nan Cactus Tour successful Arizona announced successful September that competitors besides must beryllium female astatine birth. 

Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson looks aft changeable astatine pre-qualifying shape of LPGA Q-Series. (Riley Gaines/X)

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The 2nd qualifying shape is being played astatine Plantation Golf and Country Club successful Millsboro, Delaware. It was delayed 1 week owed to Hurricane Milton rolling done nan area. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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