Transgender Canadian golfer sends a blunt message to critics as victories over women pile up
It appears a 2025 ruling opened the floodgates for transgender golfers to dominate women's golf in the province and that's exactly what's happened.Trans golfers Veronica Ivy and Rachel Elser have now won five individual women's golf championships this summer, while Ivy, who used to dominate women's cycling in Great Britain, was also a member of the winning team in the 2026 Canadian Women's Mid-Amateur Championship.AMERICANS CLASH OVER TRANSGENDER ATHLETES AS DEBATE HEATS UP: ‘JUST GETTING OUTRAGEOUS'Elser's titles include the Fort McMurray Club Championship along with the 2026 Miskanaw Ladies Open title; Ivy won the B.C.Mid-Amateur and Mid-Master titles on the same day in June and an unidentified club title in August.What's Ivy's message to those who oppose biological males invading Canadian women's golf? Get better, ladies.Dr.
Veronica Ivy, an associate professor of philosophy and roster faculty in women’s & gender studies at the College of Charleston, poses for a photo at Hampton Park Sunday March 14, 2021, in Charleston, SC.(Gavin McIntyre for USA TODAY via Imagn Content Services, LLC)"To the bigots: stay mad, and get a better hobby," Ivy wrote.
"You're deeply unwell and you're obsessed with harassing a stranger.You're not going to make me stop existing and succeeding.
I feel really sorry for you.You have my pity."Women & Girls Alberta, a group that is fighting to protect the rights, safety and dignity of Alberta's Women & Girls, according to its Facebook page, says enough is enough with Ivy and Elser.
The group says that Alberta has legislation that should be protecting female golfers.But, based on the transgender rules set forth by Alberta Golf — the organization in charge of golf across the province — Ivy and Elser seem perfectly within the rules to go out and dominate biological females."For individuals who have undergone gender reassignment after puberty, the following guidelines will be used: I.
Male-to-female transgendered persons,...