LPGA Tour’s gender-eligibility policy change draws fiery reaction from transgender golfer [Video]

Hailey Davidson, the transgender golfer who hoped to break into the professional ranks, reacted on social media as the LPGA Tour updated its gender-eligibility policy on Wednesday.

Davidson competed on the NXXT Tour before the organization altered its gender-participation rules and was booted off. Now, Davidson’s possible path to the LPGA or Epson Tours has been closed. Davidson competed in Q School in the fall in hopes of getting an LPGA Tour card.

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“Can’t say I didn’t see this coming. Banned from the Epson and LPGA,” Davidson wrote in an Instagram Stories post. “All the silence and people wanting to stay ‘neutral’ thanks for absolutely nothing. This happened because of all your silence.

“And somehow people are surprised the suicide rate for transgender people is around 50%. Situations just like this are part of the reason.”

The LPGA Tour said in a news release that male players who have gone through male puberty are …