Davidson does, however, leave with limited Epson Tour status for the 2025 season. She becomes the second transgender golfer to earn status on the developmental circuit. Bobbi Lancaster earned status in 2013 through Stage I of LPGA Q-School but never actually competed in an official event.

The LPGA Tour is deciding whether to ban male-born golfers in a move which could see Hailey Davidson lose the playing status the Scot took from Q-School this week.

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

Yana Wilson vaulted up the leaderboard at LPGA Qualifying after a flawless third-round 67 on the Panther Course at Plantation Golf and Country Club. The 18-year-old, who made her professional debut in September at the Kroger Queen City Championship,

On Friday, October 25, transgender golfer Hailey Davidson carded an even-par 72 in the final round of the LPGA Qualifying.

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.

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.

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.