LPGA and USGA change gender policy, ban transgender golfers “who have gone through male puberty”

LPGA changes gender policy (Image via Getty).

The LPGA and the United States Golf Association (USGA) separately announced on Wednesday, December 4, that they have changed their gender eligibility policies. The press release was posted on their official websites and states that the changes will be effective January 1, 2025.

As per these changes, LPGA-sanctioned events will be open to players whose sex at birth was female. Players whose sex at birth was male, but who "did not experience any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 or after the age of 12" will also be allowed, according to the LPGA's official website.