Charlie Sifford, Pioneer of the PGA
Posted Feb 6, 2015
Long before Tiger Woods, there was Charlie Sifford. A far less-heralded trailblazer, Sifford became the first black man to hold a PGA Tour card in 1961, doing for the highly-segregated world of professional golf what Jackie Robinson had done for baseball a decade-and-a-half earlier. He died Tuesday night in Cleveland at the age of 92, having finally earned the recognition toward the end of his life that had eluded him during his prime playing days.
(The Atlantic)
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