Golfer Olivia Schmidt, who competed against trans Haley Davidson, is ‘pleading’ for LPGA gender rule change

After Haley Davidson once again attempts to get her LPGA card, a golfer competing against Davidson wants a rule change.

Olivia Schmidt was highlighted in the Independent Women’s Forum This week’s latest videoThe video was titled “Tee Time: Keep Women Golf Female.”

“I think when you have a large organization that protects just one person versus 400 other people, it says a lot about who they are and themselves,” Schmidt said in the video. How to handle it.” “They are protecting the few out of many.”

The LPGA currently allows transgender athletes undergoing hormone therapy to compete against biological females. That rule allows Davidson to participate in events where Davidson tries to gain professional status on the women’s tour.

Schmidt wants to eliminate those rules.

“The bottom line is, we can fight it all we want, but true change comes from the LPGA,” she said. “They are the only people who have the power to stop it. It is up to them to protect us.”

“I want my kids to chase their dreams one day and not have these distractions get in their way,” Smidt said. I’m just praying that (the policy) changes, and I’m praying that we can find a way to find some common ground in this and hopefully for the next generation of golfers.

About 300 players protested against Davidson LPGA qualifying inclusionDavidson failed to advance beyond the second round and finished 95th out of 190 golfers.

Davidson is open about the change and defends being able to qualify to turn professional.

“Every year I play in Q School, the players get taller and yesterday in the final round I had a guy consistently outpacing me by 40 yards,” Davidson said. Wrote in an Instagram post in August. “Honestly I love seeing it, especially since their (sic) this big lie that I’m outshining everyone is so far from the truth and reality.”

“Clearly the conservative media needs to give these amazing female athletes more credit rather than downplaying them and their abilities.” Attempt to attack transgender athletes,