The updated policies, which take effect in 2025, would rule out eligibility for Hailey Davidson. Davidson missed qualifying for the US Women’s Open this year by one shot and came up short in LPGA Q-school.

Two golf governing bodies – the LPGA and the USGA – announced new guidelines Wednesday requiring golfers to be female at birth or to have transitioned pre-puberty to be eligible to compete in women’s events.

Two national golf associations announced new gender eligibility policies Wednesday that bar transgender women who have gone through male puberty from participating in elite women’s competitions.

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 Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) updated its gender policy on Wednesday, and players assigned male at birth and who have gone through male puberty will not be eligible to compete.

Multiple women's golfers have spoken out in support of the LGPA's new rule that bars post-pubescent males from competing against female golfers.