The LPGA and USGA announced a change to its gender policy Wednesday that will effectively ban transgender golfer Hailey Davidson and others like her from competition. Starting in 2025, only players assigned female at birth or who transitioned before going through male puberty will be eligible to compete in LPGA tournaments or USGA female championships.

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.”

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