Female athletes are among those who reacted to the news that the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour has announced a major change to its eligibility rules when it comes to transgender-identifying male players.
Former collegiate female swimmer and outspoken advocate for women’s sports Riley Gaines wrote on X on Wednesday that “The ‘L’ in LPGA means something again!” after the LPGA “updated their gender eligibility requirements to ban men from women’s golf.” Her post included that the group found “the effects of male puberty confer competitive advantages in golf performance compared to players who have not undergone male puberty.”
The legislative strategist for the women’s group, Concerned Women for America, Macy Petty, wrote, “BREAKING: LPGA changes their gender policy, ‘Players assigned male at birth and who have gone through male puberty are not…
