December 17, 2020 PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The PGA TOUR announced today that Women of Color Golf & Girls on the Green Tee, a Tampa-based non-profit beneficiary of the…
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PGA of America JobMatch Initiative for short-term employment opportunities closing on Saturday, December 19!
by Debert Cookby Debert CookDecember 16, 2020 Applications for The PGA of America JobMatch Initiative for short-term employment opportunities in support of The 2021 PGA Championship events are closing on Saturday, December 19! Operations…
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NCCU Names Jameshia Levister Assistant Golf Coach through Women’s Sports Foundation Grant
by Debert Cookby Debert CookDecember 14, 2020 DURHAM, N.C. – Jameshia Levister has been announced as the assistant golf coach at North Carolina Central University, a position established through a Tara VanDerveer Fund for…
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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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United Golfers Association Hosts Historic Pro-Am Golf Tournament at Four Seasons Orlando
by Debert Cookby Debert CookDecember 20, 2020 | BY AAGD STAFF The United Golfers Association Invitational was hosted on December 14 at the Four Seasons Orlando (Fla.,) on the Tranquilo golf course. The event…
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Charley Pride, first Black country music superstar, dies at 86 of COVID-19 complications
by Debert Cookby Debert CookCharley Pride — a sharecropper’s son who rose from rural Mississippi to become the first Black superstar in country music — died Saturday at age 86. The “Kiss An Angel…
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Taneka Sandiford Mackey, First Bahamian LPGA Tour Caddie Counts her blessings, hole by hole
by Debert Cookby Debert CookDecember 11, 2020 | BY AAGD STAFF Former basketball player-turned golfer Taneka Sandiford Mackey finds herself in a unique situation working as the first Bahamian (Black) female caddie on the…
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Spectator Knocked Unconscious by golf ball, sues for damages
by Debert Cookby Debert CookDecember 11, 2020 | BY AAGD STAFF A spectator at the West of Ireland Championship for amateurs was hit on the left side of his forehead head by a golf…
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Allyn Stephens Wins Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship in Age Group
by Debert Cookby Debert CookDecember 10, 2020 Allyn Song Stephens of Houston, Texas, won in the Girls 14-18 Division of the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship. Stephens stormed up the leaderboard after an…
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December 9, 2020 Marcus Garvey Jr, the firstborn son of Jamaica’s first national hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, died in Wellington, Florida, on Tuesday, reports The Gleaner. Garvey, 90, lost his…
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Sinclair Eaddy Jr., Named First National Links Trust Executive Director
by Debert Cookby Debert CookAfter a rigorous search process that attracted candidates from all across the country, the National Links Trust welcomes Sinclair Eaddy as its Executive Director. Sinclair is the former President and…
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Tiger Woods to be Enshrined at World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, as part of 2022 PLAYERS Championship week
by Debert Cookby Debert CookTiger Woods, Susie Maxwell Berning, Tim Finchem and Marion Hollins to be enshrined ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Dec. 7, 2020) – The World Golf Hall of Fame will welcome its next class…