Breanna Gill’s victory at the Australian Women’s Classic in New South Wales is sparking a debate about transgender athletes in golf.
Gill is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the Women’s PGA Tour of Australasia. She needed a birdie on the 18th hole to force a playoff at the Australian Women’s Classic, and she got it.
Gill ultimately won the tiebreaker to lift the trophy for the first time in his professional career.
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A general view of a golf ball on a tee with a driver (Matthew Lewis/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)
But backlash ensued on social media when the Women’s PGA Tour of Australasia posted a now-viral tweet of Gill holding the trophy. The comments ended up being shut down after some of the 7 million viewers didn’t like the fact that Gill was playing around with women.
Gill, 32, moved up to 393rd in the world with the win after not making the top 500.
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«I always thought in my head that if I ever had a chance to win a golf tournament and the girls ran onto the green, I would stay there and take it. I wasn’t going to run away,» Gill told Golf Monthly.
Gill is not the first transgender professional golfer, as Hailey Davidson, a Scottish pro, won on a mini-tour in the United States in 2021.
He finished by explaining to the Daily Record that he doesn’t feel an advantage coming his way when he steps on the golf course.
«Opposition to transgender women playing in women’s sports irritates me because most of it is based on societal stereotypes and not on real events and experiences from real athletes.»
A general view of the Club House from the 9th hole taken at the Shinneock Hills Golf Course in Southampton, New York. (Simon Bruty/Allsport via Getty Images)
«During the tournament 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, where I was outscored by a 3-wood on a few occasions.»
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«I hit the ball 270 yards, and the longest player on the LPGA hit 291. I lost 30 yards of distance from all the years of hormones and lack of testosterone that my body no longer makes. So basically, what advantage do I have of new? ?»
Transgender athletes in sports has been a hot debate in recent years, with situations like NCAA swimming champion Lia Thomas and, more recently, West Virginia trying to ban a transgender high school girl from running. in the track and cross country competition for girls. equipment.
General view of golf balls during the Tampa General Hospital Championship Pro-Am prior to the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club on March 15, 2023 in Palm Harbor, Florida. (Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
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Sports are likely to continue to see situations like Gill’s moving forward.