Dads of girls unite!
NXXT Golf Tour owner Stuart McKinnon has revealed his personal reasons for supporting a ban on transgender players from women's professional golf.
back in marchTour updates policy to completely ban biological males who identify as female from competing while transgender golfer Haley Davidson was topping the competition en route to earning an LPGA pro card did.
“Our revised policy reflects our unwavering commitment to celebrating and protecting the achievements and opportunities of female athletes. Protected categories are a fundamental aspect of sport at all levels; “It is essential to our tour to preserve these categories of biological women and ensure a level playing field,” McKinnon said in a statement at the time. (Related: Students revolt over shirt ban to protect girls' sports from trans athletes, sending high school into storm)
Shortly after, McKinnon spoke with the Independent Council for Women's Sports at X-Spaces and revealed exactly why the NXXT Tour updated its gender inclusion policy.
“As a father of five daughters, I'm here to protect my daughters and protect women. If I was watching my daughter play soccer and I saw a man like that, I wouldn't… That's the kind of father he is.'' “When I played against her, he was 240 pounds and came down on the field with a lot of force. I would have gone on the field and stopped it,'' Davidson explained. did. fox news.
“In certain sports, it's something that can cause physical injury to a player. In this case, that doesn't apply to golf, but we felt that clearly Haley Davidson had an advantage.”
NEW: Transgender golfer Hayley Davidson has been suspended from the NXXT Golf Women's Tour after the tour changed its eligibility criteria on International Women's Day.
This is how it is completed🔥
In January, Davidson won the NXXT Women's Classic in Orlando, Florida.
NXXT was stuck at first… pic.twitter.com/mc4sdDglf2
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 8, 2024
As a father of girls, I can relate, and the message is very clear. It's about “save women's sports.”
