Tampa, FL (April 3, 2017) – Among the latest Class A Members of the PGA is professional golfer Mackenzie Mack. A Las Vegas, Nev., native who currently resides in…
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Forrest Parker, Jr., Prominent African American Proprietor of Cokesbury Hills Golf Club Dies
by Debert Cookby Debert CookForrest Bailey Parker, Jr. was born January 13, 1950 at Brewer Hospital to the late Louise (Miller) and Forrest Bailey Parker, Sr.  He died on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 at…
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Wake-Robin Golf Club – The Oldest African American Women’s Golf Club in the United States
by Debert Cookby Debert CookThe genesis of the Wake-Robin Golf Club can be told through members like Elizabeth McNeal. McNeal, 98, grew up amid seven siblings in Grindstone, Pennsylvania, where her father worked as…
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Tiger Woods Confirms There Will Be No Masters Rounds For Him This Year
by Debert Cookby Debert CookApril 1, 2017 BY AAGD STAFF It’s official. On Friday, Tiger Woods announced that he will not play in next week’s Masters, citing that he is still on the road…
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Bill Spiller, an African American golfer to admire. Born in Tishomingo, OK, Spiller moved to Tulsa as a nine-year-old to live with his father where he quickly learned the drawbacks…
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To begin building your appetite for this week’s Masters, here’s an A to Z guide that I update every year for the tournament, held at Augusta National Golf Club: A:…
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Atlanta Pro-Duffers Golf Club became members of the Pro-Duffers USA Organization on January 19, 1996 at the Hidden Hills Golf Club House with 16 members initiated. “The organization was…
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The 23rd National Women’s Collegiate Golf Championship April 10 – 12, 2017
by Debert Cookby Debert CookCelebrating Collegiate Women in Golf The 23rd National Women’s Collegiate Golf Championship (WCGC) will kick off on Monday, April 10, 2017 at Whitewater Creek Country Club in Fayetteville, Georgia. …
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For Tiger–Two Weeks, And Counting, Before the Masters
by Debert Cookby Debert CookTiger Woods is still a possible contender for the upcoming Masters in Augusta next month, although, just as the breeze of April is about to blow this way, Woods still…
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“Co-Winners At API” (By John Perry) –Marc Leishman may have won the golf tournament this weekend at Bay Hill, but Arnold Palmer won the love and admiration of everyone in…
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Steph Curry, Condoleezza Rice Among List of Upcoming Guests Appearing on Golf Channel’s FEHERTY SERIES
by Debert Cookby Debert CookCurry, McConaughey, Rice Complement List of World Golf Hall of Fame Members as Upcoming Feherty Guests ORLANDO, Fla., March 20, 2017 – Golf Channel today announced that STEPHEN CURRY, All-Star point guard for the…
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United Black Golfers Association 2017 Community Service Annual Scholarship
by Debert Cookby Debert CookThe United Black Golfers Association, Inc. (UBGA) is inviting New York City graduating seniors who will pursue a post-secondary education in the fall of 2017 to apply for their Second…