Louis Tate, GM of Langston Golf Course details the health benefits of playing golf. Did you know you could tone several different muscles and burn 2000…
Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now,” recently attended the Emmitt Smith Celebrity Invitational golf tournament. Listen below. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, weekdays at…
Lee Elder became the first Black to play in golf’s Master’s Championship on April 10, 1975. (July 14, 1934 – ) TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Tiger Woods did not shine like he has in the past at the greatest golf event of the year, the Masters Tournament. Tiger has been humbled once again. Even though we may not have been huge golf fans, we have rallied around the triumphs and trials of this ethnically mixed black man. Related article: Does […]
Tiger Woods announced today that he will take a break from golf as a result of a neck injury and isn’t sure when he will return. He claims that the injury has been troublesome since last month’s Masters. After an MRI taken of his neck this week, Woods sounded cautious.
Lee Elder won the Monsanto Open, becoming the first Black pro golfer to qualify for the Masters Golf Championship on this date in 1974. Senior Tour Victories 1984: Suntree Senior Classic, Hilton Head Seniors International 1985: Denver Post Championship, Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative, Digital Seniors Classic, Citizens Union Senior Golf Classic 1986: Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest […]
VIA: AltheaGibson.Com Born August 25, 1927 in Silver, SC, A right-hander, grew up in Harlem. Her family was poor, but she was fortunate in coming to the attention of Dr. Walter Johnson, a Lynchburg VA physician who was active in the black tennis community. He became her patron as he would later for Arthur Ashe, […]
