Marcus Byrd captured his APGA Tour-record fourth tournament title in a single season Tuesday, firing a four-under par 67 to win APGA at Valhalla Golf Club and continue a year to remember.
Byrd’s third APGA Tour win comes with $30,000 winner’s prize and PGA TOUR exemption into The Honda Classic
As a young teen, Worthington met woods during a First Tee and Woods Foundation event. Woods helped the young man with his swing and provided the kind of confidence that helped Worthington qualify to play for the PGA Championship in 2016.
Willie Mack III once lived out of his car while dreaming of a chance to compete for a PGA title.
The African American star fired a sizzling, eight-under-par 64 to sprint away from the field and captured the Mastercard APGA Tour Championship presented by Lexus by six strokes Tuesday, capping a memorable seven-month stretch that has changed the trajectory of his career.
Ernie Andrews looks out to the grounds of Washington’s historic Langston Golf Course and shrugs at the fact that fewer young black golfers are coming out to play these days.
Tiger Woods, in his Sunday red shirt, both arms raised in victory on the 18th green.
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
Pro golf player Kevin Hall was given the opportunity to play in the Genesis Open last weekend due to The Charlie Sifford Exemption.
The son and ex-daughter-in-law of late black golf pioneer Charlie Sifford have been sentenced to 21/2 years in prison for stealing from his estate.
Legendary golf player Charles Sifford was one of seven golfers inducted into the PGA Hall of Fame 2015 class on November 12. Other inductees included Tommy Bolt, Lee Trevino, and Payne Stewart. Charles Sifford Jr. accepted the award for his father, who passed away in last February at the age of 92, according to the New York Times. Sifford’s career broke the color boundaries when he became the first African American golfer to compete in the PGA tour in 1961. The PGA also had a Caucasian-only clause at the time but Sifford persevered through hostility to continue his career in
Mark Ridley-Thomas will and the Advocates Pro Tour rename the road that goes into Chester Washington Golf Course “Charlie Sifford Drive.”