{"id":13361,"date":"2024-03-10T07:39:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T02:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/10\/womens-golf-league-prohibits-male-players-after-transgender-wins-tournament\/"},"modified":"2024-03-10T07:39:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T02:09:54","slug":"womens-golf-league-prohibits-male-players-after-transgender-wins-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/10\/womens-golf-league-prohibits-male-players-after-transgender-wins-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Golf League Prohibits Male Players After Transgender Wins Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A women\u2019s golf league is changing its rules to prohibit trans-identifying players after a biological man won a tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Hailey Davidson, who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americanfaith.com\/transgender-golfer-wins-womens-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">played<\/a>\u00a0golf on a men\u2019s college team, won the NXXT Women\u2019s Classic at the Mission Inn Resort and Club in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly this one came as a bit of a surprise to me,\u201d Davidson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/haileydgolf\/p\/C2P-eOGOVRj\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0on social media. \u201cBeing 3 shots back with two holes to play I got myself into a playoff after sticking it to 3 feet on the 18th hole. We tied the first playoff hole with birdies and then a Par on the second earned me my first win in 2.5 years!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had come so close lately with a playoff loss 3 starts ago to then finishing one back last week but this is why you never give up no matter where you think you are at in a tournament! It\u2019s never over until that last putt goes in on 18 so push till the end!\u201d the golfer added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following the victory, NXXT Golf said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nxxtwomensprotour.com\/post\/nxxt-women-s-pro-tour-updates-eligibility-policy-to-protect-competitive-integrity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>, \u201cEffective immediately, competitors must be a biological female at birth to participate. This decision underscores the organization\u2019s commitment to maintaining the integrity of women\u2019s professional golf and ensuring fair competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we navigate through the evolving landscape of sports, it is crucial to uphold the competitive integrity that is the cornerstone of women\u2019s sports, \u201cNXXT GOLF CEO Stuart McKinnon stated. \u201cOur 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davidson responded to the policy change, writing on Instagram, \u201cEffective immediately, I have been removed (banned) from the next 3 NXXT tournaments that I had already signed up for and been approved to play. They changed their policy mid season, after me signing up already and being 2nd in the Player of the Year race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, former NCAA swimming champion Riley Gaines <a href=\"https:\/\/americanfaith.com\/riley-gaines-raising-money-to-pay-female-golfers-to-boycott-tournaments-with-transgender-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advocated<\/a> for creating funds to pay female professional golfers who refuse to compete against biological men, American Faith reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to incentivize not participating in the farce,\u201d Gaines said on Fox Business Network\u2019s Varney &amp; Co. \u201cI\u2019ve talked to so many of these girls before publicly making this statement, and every single one of these girls who\u2019s had to compete against this male, they tell me: Riley, I can\u2019t not compete because I have sponsorships and I have endorsements, and this is my job. If I don\u2019t do this, I don\u2019t have income.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys shouldn\u2019t have to be scared,\u201d Gaines added. \u201cAnd I think if we created\u2026 some sort of crowdfunding effort, I think we could raise the money easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                    <!--begin code --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!--end code --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/americanfaith.com\/womens-golf-league-prohibits-male-players-after-transgender-wins-tournament\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A women\u2019s golf league is changing its rules to prohibit trans-identifying players after a biological man won a tournament. Hailey Davidson, who\u00a0played\u00a0golf on a men\u2019s college team, won the NXXT Women\u2019s Classic at the Mission Inn Resort and Club in Florida. \u201cHonestly this one came as a bit of a surprise to me,\u201d Davidson\u00a0said\u00a0on social [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}