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Transgender Golfer Still Faces Barriers
July 27, 2005 -- -- A year ago, Mianne Bagger made history by becoming the first transsexual woman to ever play in a professional golf tournament.
"That was huge," she told "Primetime" correspondent Jay Schadler of her appearance in the 2004 Women's Australian Open.
"It's like I get there and I'm on the course side of the ropes.
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I'm here. I'm playing. It was like, wow!"
Around the same time, the Olympics and the Ladies European Golf Tour opened the doors to athletes like her, changing their rules to allow transgendered athletes.
However, the Danish-born 38-year-old still has obstacles to face: The LPGA, the body that governs the American tour, won't let her play.
It says only natural-born women are allowed.
Ty Votow, the LPGA's outgoing commissioner, says the rule is based on the belief that allowing transsexuals to compete against natural-born women "would create an