Transgender golfers will now be allowed to compete in the LPGA, after members voted to remove the organization’s requirement that players be “female at birth” to compete.
The vote was held to address a lawsuit filed by Lana Lawless, a retired police officer who had gender-reassignment surgery in 2005.
Lawless, who won the women’s World Long Drive Championship in 2008, was barred for competing in the event again this year.
The organization that holds the competition changed its rules to match the LPGA’s, which prohibit transgender players, according to The Associated Press.