More than five dozen Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are L.P.G.A. members, more than any league or tour in North American professional sports. For years, these women have endured microaggressions about their names, their appearance, even their success. Now they are speaking out about what it means, and how it feels, to be Asian in the United States right now.

Michelle Wie West was ready to retire from golf to focus on motherhood. Then vulgar remarks by Rudy Giuliani convinced her to keep playing.

When Georgia Hall won the Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham last August, she earned $490,000. A month earlier, Francesco Molinari collected $1.89 million for his victory at the men’s British Open at Carnoustie. “It’s not only golf, clearly, it’s society, and we need to aim for having the same opportunities and the same prize fund in this eventually,” Molinari said last month.

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

The tournament’s insistence on recording the marital status of its female participants reflects its complicated relationship with the women who play here — or, rather, the “ladies,” according to the language of Wimbledon. In keeping with tradition, the announced the end of Serena Williams' final triumphant point with the proclamation, “Game, set and match, Mrs. Williams.” About 90 minutes earlier, when Roger Federer, a married father of four who preceded Williams on Centre Court, won his match, the chair umpire said, “Game, set and match, Federer.” On the champions board, he is simply “R. Federer.”

"I think a lot of people take for granted how lucky we are now to have college sports for women and to have the opportunities that we do."