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Lana Lawless, a transgender woman, is suing the LPGA
The LPGA voted to lift the “female at birth” clause in its constitution bylaws on Tuesday evening at a player meeting in Grand Cypress Hyatt, just a hop, skip and small jump away from the site of this week’s LPGA Tour Championship.
Commissioner Mike Whan presented the situation, citing examples of other organizations that allow transgender membership, such as the USGA and IOC. The move to amend the clause was easily passed, says an LPGA player, who wishes to remain anonymous. She added it was a non-issue. The players understood that it was in the best interest of the LPGA to make the change because it would have been a losing battle to contend the lawsuit filed by Lana Lawless, a 57-year-old transgender woman who had gender reassignment surgery in 2005.
Lawless’ lawyer threatened to seek an injunction to prevent the LPGA from doing business in California if the members voted against overturning the clause that all members have to be female at birth. However, Lawless is still suing the LPGA for lost pay.
While the players have their personal opinions and some didn’t agree with it, they voted in favor of the move. Earlier in the day, several players said they would have liked Lawless to attend the meeting, so she could explain her case because they wanted to make a well-informed decision. But when the time came to vote, the players were aware that the precedent had been set by other organizations and knew what they had to do. They also didn’t want the controversy to overshadow an exciting tournament week with the season-ending Tour Championship.
Whan shared the 2011 schedule with the players at the meeting, too. Apparently there were no surprises and it’s better than expected. Some events aren’t set in stone, so the LPGA is holding off on making any announcements, but the players were told for planning purposes. Compared to the total money from this season, the ladies will have more earning potential next season. Whan and the LPGA are working on some deals that could still come into fruition for 2011. But word is that 2012 looks very promising for the tour.
Via Bill Madden -
Gil McDougald, the versatile 1950s Yankee who, along with Pete Rose, had the unique distinction of being selected to the All-Star team at three different positions, died Sunday at his home in Wall Township, N.J., after a long bout with prostate cancer. He was 82.
McDougald played a pivotal role on eight Yankee pennant-winning teams from 1951-60, winning Rookie of the Year honors in 1951 when he hit .306 with 14 homers and 63 RBI. He was named to the All-Star team five times, as a third baseman in 1952, a shortstop in 1957 and a second baseman in 1958. But as fine an all-around player as McDougald was, hitting .276 during a 10-year career all with the Yankees, it was his fate to be remembered for hitting a line drive that struck Indians pitcher Herb Score in the right eye on May 7, 1957. At the time, the fireballing lefthander seemed destined for a Hall of Fame career, but was never the same after the incident.
Two years earlier, McDougald had been struck in the left ear by a line drive off the bat of teammate Bob Cerv during batting practice. It shattered a bone in his ear, eventually causing him to go deaf after his career had ended. The condition was corrected in 1995 when he underwent a cochlea implant performed by Dr. Noel Cohen, head of otolaryngology at NYU Medical Center.
From 1951 to 1960, McDougal was a big part of the Yankees – see these Yankees stats from covering that time period:
Player RCAA OWP PA 1 Mickey Mantle 704 .806 6053 2 Yogi Berra 241 .644 5566 3 Bill Skowron 125 .636 2971 4 Hank Bauer 118 .592 4515 5 Gil McDougald 100 .567 5395 6 Gene Woodling 93 .676 1798 7 Roger Maris 51 .751 578 8 Joe Collins 48 .572 2440 9 Irv Noren 27 .562 1649 10 Hector Lopez 25 .601 916
source: Complete Baseball Encyclopedia
McDougald played on 8 pennant winning teams and has 5 World Series rings. Not a bad career, eh?
In the biggest fight and toughest test of his professional career, Rico Ramos defeated Alejandro Valdez by decision Friday night from Bally’s in Atlantic City. Valdez gave Ramos plenty to think about, but at the end of the 10 round affair, had been outworked and outfought by the young prospect. Ramos, still just 23 years old, is now 19-0 with 10 knockouts.
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