Eric Bolte/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
PORTLAND, Ore. — The South African golfer Lee-Anne Pace was ready to retire this spring. She had been on the road for more than a decade, her body ached almost constantly, and her peaks, which included topping the Ladies European Tour’s money list in 2010, seemed like specks in a rearview mirror.
Then she heard from her sister, who had stumbled across a shocking list online. It was the standings for a new season-long risk-reward competition, believed to be the first contest in golf to offer an equal bonus for the winners from both the PGA and L.