U.S. Golf Assn. Will Now Accept Transgenders in Competition

By James L. Lambert
April 8, 2005

(AgapePress) - A professional golf association in America has adopted guidelines that open the door for athletes who were once the opposite sex to compete for championships.

The United States Golf Association announced a new policy March 21 under which "transgender athletes will be eligible to compete two years after having gender reassignment surgery." This policy was established along with "proof of gender guidelines" that a medical committee appointed by the Association will ultimately oversee. AgapePress confirmed the USGA policy change this week.

According to the USGA, both the International Olympic Committee and the Ladies Golf Union (in England) have also adopted policies that permit "female athletes who have undergone gender reassignment" to compete in their women's competitions.


Robert Knight
Robert Knight, director of Concerned Women for America's Culture and Family Institute, reacted strongly to the USGA's position. "The USGA has now surrendered to the decadence and political correctness that is sweeping over Europe," he says. "One would have thought that the USGA would have had more backbone. The women's golf tour should be about women, not castrated males."
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