Australia’s Transgolfer, Breanagil, will be kicked out of the Australian WPGA tour following the recent changes in qualification rules.
43 -year -old Gil has been part of the WPGA tour for eight years. Last year, I won the classic title of Australian women.
However, the WPGA has followed the trend of other golf tours around the world and made a dramatic change to eligibility requirements.
The new rules which will come into force on January 1, are now requiring players to be assigned female at birth or have transitioned to female before going through male puberty to compete in the WPGA tour for women.
Previously, in transition, female athletes were allowed to play the tour if they meet additional eligibility conditions, regardless of the counter of January 1, 2025, the detail relating to this will change, said that ‘A press release on the WPGA website.
\ ‘Following the leader of global tours and decisions based on medical, scientific, legal examination and consultations with their members, the requirements of WPGA Tour of AustraLasia will now reflect the requirements of LPGA TOUR with the right to receive membership for those who are assigned a woman at birth or transition to transition to puberty.
As in the case in many areas, the WPGA Tour of AustraLasia led global tours, while making the final decision applicable to its activities at the Board of Directors in order to ensure the uniformity of women in the golf, while ensuring the integrity and competitiveness of justice. Professional golf women at the highest level. \ ‘
The decision came after LPGA Tour announced dramatic changes in his gender policy in early December.
The USGA, led by CEO and former LPGA commissioner Mike Whan, released a similar statement outlining similar policy changes.
The LPGA and USGA say their policies are intended to be inclusive of gender identity and expression while striving to ensure fairness in the game. The LPGA said its expert working group found that the effects of male puberty provide a competitive advantage in golf over players who have not gone through puberty.
The announcement came just two days after Commissioner Molly Marku Samaan announced her resignation in January. “Our policy reflects a thorough, science-based and comprehensive approach,” Marcou Saman said, via the Associated Press.
Like Jill, the updated policy has the right to participate in Trans good Davidson, who tried to gain her special status on a woman’s tour against criticism of almost 300 competing players. Excluded.
The 31 -year -old football player missed US qualifications, opened in one shot this year, failing at the LPGA Q school. Davidson last competed as a male golfer in 2015 before beginning hormone treatment and undergoing gender reassignment surgery in 2021.
She was suspended earlier this year from the women’s professional mini-tour NXXT Golf after winning the Mission Inn Resort & Club Women’s Classic at a course near Orlando in January. The win put the Scot one step closer to making it into the LPGA. The NXXT gives the top five players an exemption onto the Epson Tour, one step below the highest level of women’s competition.
But on International Women’s Day, the tournament announced it was changing its gender policy, saying that from now on competitors must be biologically female at birth to take part in tournaments.
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