PGA of America Golf Professionals Remember Dr. Charlie Sifford
February 20, 2024
February 20, 2024
FRISCO, Texas, Feb. 20 -- The Professional Golfers Association of America issued the following news release:
Dr. Charlie Sifford will forever be known as the man who broke the color barrier in professional golf. In 1961, he became the first African American to earn membership on the PGA Tour (then run by the PGA of America). That was when the PGA of America also struck down its Caucasian-only clause.
Sifford also became the first Black golfer inducted into the World Gol . . .
Dr. Charlie Sifford will forever be known as the man who broke the color barrier in professional golf. In 1961, he became the first African American to earn membership on the PGA Tour (then run by the PGA of America). That was when the PGA of America also struck down its Caucasian-only clause.
Sifford also became the first Black golfer inducted into the World Gol . . .