Not only that, but they changed the rules on serving to benefit the female.
Exactly. Louise Suggs beat the men in an LPGA Battle of the Sexes played on a Par 3 course where everyone used the same tees. The next year Sam Snead vs 14 women, he beat all of them including the greatest pro golf tour winner of all time. He “broke the tie” with Mickey Wright. Snead won 82 PGA of America Touring Pro Division tournaments. Wright won 82 LPGA tournaments. This LPGA-sanctioned event was their de facto Battle of the Sexes match.
And they neutralised power hitters by making it a Par 3 course.
The way to do that in golf is to use par 3’s, 400 yard par 4’s, and Par 5’s about 550 yards with water on the approach where power is neutralised because players have to more likely lay up.