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# First trans woman wins US pro golf tournament
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/first-trans-woman-wins-us-pro-golf-tournament/
- Published: 2021-06-02T13:14:09.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-02T13:14:09.000Z
- Description: 28-year-old Hailey Davidson is the first ever out trans woman to win a pro golf tournament in the US.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Sport, LGBTQ, Scotland, Sports, Trans athletes, Trans Rights, Transgender, US

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28-year-old **Hailey Davidson** is the first ever out trans woman to win a pro golf tournament in the **US** after recently being crowned champion of a ladies mini-tour. Speaking to [*Click Orlando*](https://www.clickorlando.com/sports/2021/05/27/there-is-hope-transgender-woman-golfer-goes-after-her-dream-of-making-lpga-tour/?%5F%5Fvfz=medium%3Dsharebar&ref=scenemag.co.uk), the Scottish golfer, who moved to America with her family in 1997, said her success has given her *“hope”,* adding: *“I never thought I could play golf competitively as a trans-woman so I always thought it was golf or being myself.”*

Davidson is now planning to head to the Scottish Open and the Open Championship, with the hope of making *“Scotland proud”.* Following her win, she spoke out against the increasing hostility towards trans inclusion in sports, telling the *[Scottish Daily Record](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-golfer-makes-history-first-24217431?ref=scenemag.co.uk): “Opposition to transgender women playing in female sport irritates me due to most being based on societal stereotypes and not actual facts and real athlete experiences.”*

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She added: *“During the tournament that I won on May 13, I wasn’t the longest hitter in the group and it was the same with the last tournament I played in…I hit the ball 270 yards and the longest LPGA player hits 291\. I lost 30 yards of distance from all of the years of hormones and the lack of testosterone my body no longer creates. So, basically, what advantage do I have again?”*