Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson has moved on to the subsequent spherical of Q College as she vies for her LPGA Tour card.
Davidson needed to end among the many high 95 golfers at Rancho Mirage in California this week throughout the LPGA Q-Sequence: Pre-Qualifying Stage.
After ending with a remaining spherical of 71 (1-under), her four-round complete was 284 to complete tied for forty second.
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Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson is proven on the pre-qualifying stage of the LPGA Q-Sequence. (Riley Gaines/X)
Davidson now strikes on to the qualifying event, which can be held at Plantation Golf and Nation Membership in Venice, Florida, on Oct. 15-18. From there, if Davidson finishes amongst a sure variety of golfers once more, she will be able to advance to the ultimate qualifying event held in December in Cell, Alabama.
Davidson shot 72, 72, 69, 71 in her 4 rounds this weekend to complete 4-under par.
The winner of the event, Ashley Menne, an novice, was 16-under par after taking pictures 4-under (68) on the Dinah Shore Event Course, the identical course Davidson shot 1-under on Sunday.
Davison, who practically certified for the U.S. Ladies’s Open this 12 months, has induced controversy throughout the sport, notably after feedback about athletes who complained about competing in opposition to trans athletes like herself.
“I will never understand athletes who blame a transgender competitor on their own athletic failures,” Davidson wrote on Instagram lately whereas working towards for Q College. “If you don’t take accountability for your failures then you will never actually be good enough to make it.”
Davidson additionally spoke out after the NXXT Ladies’s Professional Tour introduced again in March that eligible contributors should be a “biological female at birth” with the intention to compete in occasions.
Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson is proven on the pre-qualifying stage of the LPGA Q-Sequence. (Riley Gaines/X)
“Effective immediately, I have been removed (banned) from the next 3 NXXT tournaments that I already signed up for and been approved to play,” Davidson wrote on her Instagram Tales on the time.
“They changed their policy mid season, after me signing up already and being 2nd in Player of the Year race.”
Davidson gained the Ladies’s Basic on Jan. 18, which marked her first victory in additional than two years. It additionally put her in place to earn an Epson Tour exemption on the finish of the season, which is the official qualifying tour of the LPGA.
Nonetheless, the NXXT Ladies’s Professional Tour confronted main backlash for Davison’s participation, they usually modified the foundations that successfully banned her from future competitions.
“The NXXT Women’s Pro Tour’s policies, especially concerning gender, have been formulated in alignment with those of the LPGA and USGA. This approach is crucial in maintaining the integrity of our partnership with the LPGA and ensuring a fair and consistent competitive environment,” a press release from the Tour learn on the time. “When Hailey Davidson joined the tour, she complied with these policies by providing necessary documentation, including validation from the LPGA and USGA, which also facilitated her participation in the 2022 Q-School.”
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 an “avenue to membership and opportunity to participate in events, and in an effort to assure fair competition for all members and participants.”
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“An applicant for membership or entry into a tournament that has undergone gender reassignment from male to female after puberty must identify herself during the application/entry process and provide proof of gender in accordance with this Policy,” the LPGA Tour says. “Failure to provide proof of gender when gender has been reassigned, and to comply with the process and procedures set forth in this Policy, may result in disqualification from eligibility for membership and/or entry into a tournament.
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“If there’s a real query as to the eligibility of any applicant, together with through sponsor exemptions or qualifiers, the LPGA shall have the proper, inside its sole discretion, to require such athlete to substantiate her transitioned standing in accordance with this Coverage.”
Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos and Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
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