This week professional golf competition returns to The Country Club at Brookline, Mass for the first time since the USA’s heroic comeback victory at the 1999 Ryder Cup. The last player to make a swing on the course that day was a man in knickers and a flat cap. It was a greenside bunker shot…
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Boxer paves the way With Black History Month kicking off today I thought I’d shed some light on two incredibly important moments in golf; one that occurred some 70 years ago, and one that just took place this past Sunday. Many people think Charlie Sifford was the first African-American to play in a PGA Tour…
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