June 29, 2020 | BY AAGD STAFF The road leading to August Municipal Golf Course, Augusta, Ga., has a new name. On January 20, 2020, city commissioners approved renaming the…
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Maulana Dotch Becomes First African American Woman PGA Member to Serve as a General Manager of a Golf Facility
by Debert Cookby Debert CookPALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (March 8, 2021) – Maulana Dotch, PGA was named General Manager at Hermann Park Golf Course in Houston, becoming the first African American woman PGA Member to…
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It’s a Hole-In-One for Kevin Hall in Jim Nantz’s back yard
by Debert Cookby Debert CookFebruary 15, 2021 (Yahoo Sports) CBS commentator Jim Nantz has a pretty great home at Pebble Beach and his backyard famously features a miniaturized replica of the seventh hole at…
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Mr. Herbert Dixon, 101-years old, hosting 2021 Celebrity Golf Tournament
by Debert Cookby Debert Cook2021 Herbert Dixon Charity Golf Tournament, sponsored by the Bartow Deacons and Stewards Alliance, Inc.
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Valentino Dixon, Exoneree, sells golf course drawing to former First Lady Michelle Obama for President Obama’s Christmas Gift
by Debert Cookby Debert CookDecember 26, 2020 | BY AAGD STAFF Exonerated in 2018 after serving 27-years in prison for a murder he did not commit, Valentino Dixon never imagined his work of art…
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African American Amateur Golfers’ Association, raising the bar on the experience
by Debert Cookby Debert CookDecember 22, 2020 | BY AAGD STAFF There is something new growing in the ‘Blue Grass’ state of Kentucky, where the word is quickly spreading all around the Appalachian mountains,…
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Parbusters Club Member Ray Johnson Performs 3rd Hole-In-One
by Debert Cookby Debert CookDecember 15, 2020 | BY AAGD STAFF Ray Johnson performed a hole in one at the River Oaks Golf Course in Statesville, NC. He completed this task at hole number…
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A Perfect Swing’s CEO/Founder, Ashaunta Epps, Elected President for LPGA’s Southeast Section, Only 2nd Black in 44 years
by Debert Cookby Debert CookNovember 27, 2020 The ballots have been counted and the 2020 Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Southeast Section Leadership Team will consist of Teacher of the Year Award Recipient Ashaunta…
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1 Month, 2 Hole-in-Ones for Judith Rhodes, LPGA Teaching Professional of Omaha, Nebraska
by Debert Cookby Debert CookNovember 3, 2020 | BY AAGD STAFF Judith Rhodes LPGA teaching professional of Omaha, Nebraska did not wait for the month to end before succeeding in making two hole-in-ones during…
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October 23, 2020 | BY AAGD STAFF Dr. Clyde Henderson hit his 136 yard pitching wedge to achieve his 3rd hole-in-one. The event happened on September 28 on hole #3…
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MUNI, Film World Premiere on Golf Channel, Tuesday, October 27th at 9pm ET.
by Debert Cookby Debert CookBY AAGD STAFF October 15, 2020 The documentary film “Muni” by filmmaker Paul Bonesteel will make its world premiere on Golf Channel at 9pmET on October 27. Afterward the film…
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Granville Brown Shoots a “Covid-19” Hole-In-One
by Debert Cookby Debert CookBY AAGD STAFF May 25, 2020 — It was Sunday, May 24, and a balmy 87 degrees on the grounds of the Durango Hills Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. The city had an…