Veronica Ivy, Rachel Elser Win 5 Alberta Women's Golf Titles After 2025 Eligibility Rule
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 28
Veronica Ivy, Rachel Elser Win 5 Alberta Women's Golf Titles After 2025 Eligibility Rule
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 28
Summary
Five individual Alberta women's golf championships this summer went to transgender golfers Veronica Ivy and Rachel Elser, with Ivy also joining the winning team at the 2026 Canadian Women's Mid-Amateur Championship.
A February 2025 Alberta Golf policy lets male-to-female transgender players enter women's events after at least one year of gender reassignment, with hormone therapy accepted as sufficient documentation.
Ivy won B.C. Mid-Amateur and Mid-Master titles in June and another club title in August, while Elser's victories included the Fort McMurray Club Championship and the 2026 Miskanaw Ladies Open.
Women & Girls Alberta says provincial protections for female athletes are not being enforced, while Ivy has dismissed critics and argued the wins came in age-group provincial competition rather than elite national events.