The PGA and LPGA tours are teaming with a global professional services firm to initiate a first-of-its-kind contest, a seasonlong risk-reward competition that will pay a $1 million bonus to the men’s and women’s winners.

At every stop on both tours next season, a high-risk, high-reward hole will be designated — be it a drivable par 4, a par 5 that offers the potential to reach the green or a par 3 with a tricky green complex or water galore. The details of the competition, which will be sponsored by Aon, have yet to be completed, but a running tally of the players’ scores on the designated holes will be kept and the standings will be updated weekly.

The equal payout for the men and women earned the attention of the LPGA Tour members, whose pay lags far behind their PGA Tour brethren.

This past weekend, the PGA Tour’s Greenbrier Classic had a total purse of $7.3 million; the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic had a total purse of $2 million.

— The New York Times