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'The Greatest Achievement I’ve Earned In My Life Taken From Me” - Transgender Golfer Hailey Davidson Responds To LPGA Ban

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MrBungle · 09/12/2024 16:42

https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/the-greatest-achievement-ive-earned-in-my-life-taken-from-me-transgender-golfer-hailey-davidson-responds-to-lpga-ban

Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson has responded to being banned by the LPGA with several posts on social media crtitcizing the decision

https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/the-greatest-achievement-ive-earned-in-my-life-taken-from-me-transgender-golfer-hailey-davidson-responds-to-lpga-ban

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Lovelyview · 09/12/2024 17:07

Theeyeballsinthesky · 09/12/2024 17:01

Oh dear, how sad, never mind

go back to the men’s tour where you should be

It seems he's far too bad a male golfer to get anywhere near the men's tour.

Theeyeballsinthesky · 09/12/2024 17:01

Oh dear, how sad, never mind

go back to the men’s tour where you should be

Ereshkigalangcleg · 09/12/2024 16:59

And in a final post, Davidson hit out at the studies the LPGA and USGA referred to, after not being involved or consulted despite being currently the only transgender golfer the rules apply to.
"For the record, I was not involved, nor asked to be involved, in any of the "studies" that any golf organization has just used to ban me, the only active golfer who is actually affected by these policy changes," Davidson concluded.
Why would you be? There's a massive conflict of interest. And a sample of one isn't a sample.

Itdoesntendwellatall · 09/12/2024 16:56

My heart bleeds. Not!

Men don't even give a thought to women, do they. Not even a fleeting one about the woman whose place he takes.

Dick!

Lovelyview · 09/12/2024 16:55

'"Gets outdriven by every player in every group I played in at stage two of Q School yet I'm somehow the one with the advantage and gets banned," Davidson added.' Translates as really terrible male golfer disappointed he can't take part in a women's competition to make him feel a bit better about himself. I'm glad his place in competitions will now go to a woman. Women get such a small amount of sports funding compared to men it is utterly enraging these blokes are trying to take away their opportunities.

Greyskybluesky · 09/12/2024 16:52

I'm thinking of starting a drinking game based on the word "banned".
See also "obsessed".
All my festive stash of booze will be gone long before Christmas.

Snowypeaks · 09/12/2024 16:51

Ereshkigalangcleg · 09/12/2024 16:46

Excuse me while I dig out the tiniest of all my small violins

Wow, you can be arsed to dig out an actual violin? I just went "waa, waa" in a high quavering voice and left it at that.

StickItInTheFamilyAlbum · 09/12/2024 16:51

Agree with PPs that the greatest achievement being put forward here is stealing a prize, displacing women and the expectation of being feted for it in plain sight.

Excuse me for not applauding that.

JellySaurus · 09/12/2024 16:51

All the silence and people wanting to stay "neutral" thanks for absolutely nothing. This happened because of your silence.

Quite. Men were allowed to colonise women's sports categories, awards, toilets, rape shelters because of people's silence. Thanks, indeed, for nothing.

This change is thanks to all the women who refused to be silenced.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 09/12/2024 16:46

Excuse me while I dig out the tiniest of all my small violins

JellySaurus · 09/12/2024 16:45

Not sure the word 'earned' means what they think it means...

OldCrone · 09/12/2024 16:45

That's what happens when you cheat. You have all your 'achievements' taken from you. Because they weren't really achievements if you were cheating.

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