LPGA and USGA Update Gender Policies, Affecting Transgender Golfers

The USGA's new gender policies will go in effect for its 2025 championships. | Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

The USGA and LPGA have announced a new gender policy, which will affect transgender golfers.

Starting in 2025, the USGA is implementing a “Competitive Fairness Gender Policy,” which states that “athletes must be assigned female at birth or have transitioned to female prior to going through male puberty in order to compete.”