32-year-old Breanna Gill won the Australian Women’s Classic professional golf tournament.
Reacting to the victory, Gill said, “I always thought in my head if I ever got the opportunity to actually win a golf tournament and the girls happen to come running out on the green, I was going to stand there and take it. I wasn’t going to run away.”
“If you get yourself in that position, you just take it. It was so special,” Gill added.
Gill’s victory quickly went viral and sparked a worldwide debate about transgender athletes competing against women.
Biological man wins trophy from women’s competition AGAIN.
“Showing nerves of steel, Breanna Gill triumphed in a playoff for her first professional win ar the #Auswomensclassic!”
The WPGA Tour tweeted Sunday. pic.twitter.com/dI2dzFSp29
— OutKick (@Outkick) April 3, 2023
A tweet from the Women’s PGA Tour of Australasia showed Gill holding the trophy. It was viewed over seven million times before being deleted.
The comments had been turned off but that didn’t stop almost 3,000 quote tweets of people criticizing the victory.
Political and cultural commentator Megyn Kelly criticized the media and sports world for celebrating 32-year-old Breanna Gill, who won the Australian Women’s Classic professional golf tournament.
Numerous major media outlets failed to note Gill’s transgender status as controversy swirls about the physical advantages of biological males.
“This is a biological man,” Kelly responded bluntly. “A fact not even mentioned in much of the major press coverage celebrating ‘her’ win over the actual women in this tournament. It’s a fraud, it’s immoral, and it HAS TO STOP,” Kelly argued.
This is a biological man, a fact not even mentioned in much of the major press coverage celebrating “her” win over the actual women in this tournament.
It’s a fraud, it’s immoral, and it HAS TO STOP. https://t.co/sj3yRdd3xT— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) April 3, 2023
Kelly noted that the WPGA Australia’s report made no mention of Gill’s transgender identification.
Former NCAA swim star Riley Gaines also shared her thoughts on social media by tweeting, “Who’s surprised a male is being recognized as the ‘winner’ in the women’s category.”
Who's surprised a male is being recognized as the "winner" in the women's category….you're right @WPGATour, real nerves of steel! https://t.co/XbBjQKVh7g
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) April 3, 2023
Scottish player Hailey Davidson became the first transgender to see major success in professional golf on a US mini tour in 2021.
Davidson identifies as the “world’s 1st openly transgender person to win a professional golf tournament.”
