Trans female golfers must transition before male puberty under new USGA and LPGA policies

Silhouette of a female golf player on a golf course.

Players must be assigned female at birth or have transitioned to female before going through male puberty to compete in LPGA tournaments or the eight USGA championships for females under new gender policies published Wednesday.

The policies, which begin in 2025, follow more than a year of study involving medicine, science, sport physiology and gender policy law.