Two major golf associations have announced a major change in gender policy for the upcoming season.
The updates, posted simultaneously by the LPGA and the United States Golf Association on Wednesday, banned the majority of transgender golfers from play in official circuits.
Both associations now ban players who went through male puberty before self-identifying as a woman from competing against females.
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The LPGA’s post said the policy change was made with information and input from a “working group of top experts in medicine, science, sport physiology, golf performance, and gender policy law.”
According to the LPGA, the working group advised that the effects of male puberty “confer competitive advantages in golf performance compared to players who have not undergone male puberty.”
The association’s ban does
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