So much for fairness: Transgender woman golfer wins mini-tour event, aims for LPGA

[mountaineer]

So much for fairness: Transgender woman golfer wins mini-tour event, aims for LPGA
Washington Times
By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times - Monday, May 17, 2021

Last week, Hailey Davidson, a transgender woman, won her first professional title in Florida, topping LPGA player Perrine Delacour for the win.

The same day, she was sent an email by the USGA saying she’s met the organization’s Gender Policy eligibility criteria and can now compete in its championships and she’s hoping to hear similar news from the LPGA via a reciprocity agreement, according to Golfweek.

So much for fairness in women’s sports.

In January, Ms. Davidson underwent gender reassignment surgery, and she’s been undergoing hormone treatments since 2015. Since transitioning, Ms. Davidson said she hits shorter and swings slower — yet she still was born a man, and obviously, has a physical advantage over biological women.

The science in these cases is clear. Biological men have more muscle mass, larger hearts and lungs, and therefore greater stamina than biological women. Their bones are bigger, and their testosterone helps promote muscle memory — that doesn’t go away even after hormone therapy. Therefore, transgender girls have a heightened ability to build strength even after they’ve transitioned. ...

On President Biden’s first day in office, he signed an executive order threatening to pull federal funding from schools that didn’t allow transgender girls to compete on biological girls sports teams. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi followed suit and passed the radical Equality Act, which would codify Mr. Biden’s order. ...

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[goatprairie]

The Brave New World the libs have bestowed on us. Or defecated on us.

[mountaineer]

Mr. M and I are huge LPGA fans. We're even attending the Solheim Cup (women's counterpart to the Ryder Cup international competition) in September. While I don't believe this she-man will earn his card to compete on the LPGA, as opposed to one of the minor league women's golf tours where he defeated Delacour, this still is offensive and an affront to all actual female athletes - just as that loser New Zealand male weightlifter who's being permitted to compete against women in the Olympics.

[corbe]

[dfwgator]

Andy was born 40 years too early....

[mountaineer]

UPDATE - he's still at it.

Hailey Davidson begins quest to become first transgender woman to earn LPGA card at Q-School
Beth Ann Nichols
August 19, 2021 8:37 am ET
Golfweek

The par-4 fifth at the The Dye Preserve in Jupiter, Florida, used to be a juicy risk/reward hole for Hailey Davidson at about 290 yards with a cut driver. Now Davidson jokes that she could get the luckiest bounce off a concrete path and still not reach the green. Six years into her gender transition, Davidson reckons she’s now shorter off the tee than the Korda sisters.

“Lost another half a club of yardage,” bemoaned Davidson earlier this month. “I thought I was done losing yardage.”

This week Davidson, 28, becomes the second transgender woman to tee it up in the first stage of LPGA Q-School. The first, Bobbi Lancaster, was a 63-year-old physician from Arizona who earned Symetra Tour status in 2013, but ultimately spent her time traveling the country as a human rights advocate.  ...

He opened with a 72 at Q-School and is T-72. A minimum of 95 players and ties will advance to Stage II out of a field of 339. This whackjob actually may earn his way onto the Ladies' tour. 

[Bigun]

You and all the rest of us @corbe