Hailey Davidson is one of the first openly transgender women to compete in high-level women's golf tournaments in the U.S.

On Sept. 24, 2015 – a date that’s tattooed on her right forearm – Davidson began undergoing hormone treatments and in January 2021, underwent gender reassignment surgery, a six-hour procedure that’s required under the LPGA’s Gender Policy.

Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson teed off for the second stage of qualifying for an LPGA Tour card despite a group of 275 female golfers signing a letter opposing gender policy.

VENICE, Fla. (AP) -- Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson began the second stage of LPGA qualifying Tuesday with a 78 as reports surfaced of 275 female players signing a letter asking top golf organizations to repeal policies that allow people assigned male at birth to compete in women's events.

Nearly 300 female golfers have signed an open letter to the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) calling on the organisation to repeal its trans inclusion policies, as trans player Hailey Davidson competes.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association is facing growing pressure to revise its transgender policy as a former men’s collegiate golfer moves closer to becoming the first male-born player to qualify for the most prestigious tour in women’s golf.

Hundreds of female golfers have complained about the participation of Scottish-born transgender player Hailey Davidson in the penultimate stage of the LPGA Tour’s qualifying competition.Davidson, a 31-year-old professional originally from Ayrshire but now based in Florida,

Wilson turned professional last month at the LPGA’s Kroger Queen City Championship. The 2022 U.S. Girls’ Junior champion opted to forgo college golf at Oregon to join the play-for-pay ranks. Wilson won the 2023 AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year.

Hailey Davidson began the second stage of LPGA qualifying Tuesday as reports surfaced of 275 female players signing a letter opposing policies that allow people assigned male at birth to compete in women's events.