April 10, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF Lana Lee Leazer has worked in the hospitality industry for over 20-years utilizing her skills in Event Sales and Coordinating. Cultivating top skills…
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April 9, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF It’s all about culture with golf in the mix for Bad Boy Golf Wear. Started by accident, owner Rick Ellerbe launched the Los…
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Al Peterson III, PGA, Making Strides Towards Greater Diversity in Golf
by Debert Cookby Debert CookNovember 24, 2020 | BY AAGD STAFF PGA Professional Al Peterson III is a prime example of how a career in golf is bettering the lives of minorities and individuals…
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Kelley Pierre Appointed Director of Circulation and Consumer Engagement at African American Golfer’s Digest
by Debert Cookby Debert CookNEW YORK, NY (August 20, 2020) African American Golfer’s Digest, the nation’s oldest leading print and digital golf publication serving avid Black American golfers, is pleased to announce the appointment…
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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…
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BY AAGD STAFF (January 14, 2020) —Kathryn Magett McManus is as cheerful and bubbly as a golfer could be having recently returned from an October 2019 golf-scape journey to Cape…
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Family Affair in Golf Builds on the Legacy of Harold Dunovant
by Debert Cookby Debert CookBy Michael Cooper (December 1, 2019) I’m grateful to have been intimately engaged in golf, in one way or another, since I was 12-years-old. Over the years, I’ve seen the…
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BY AAGD STAFF (November 15, 2019) Kelly Pierre, Founder & CEO of All Access Golf is now a Certified Coach with U.S. Kids Golf. Pierre’s achievement will enable him to be listed…
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(originally published in Deacon’s Lodge by RJ Smiley) October 12, 2019 He is a Minnesota golf icon! Ed Manderville single handily shattered the color barrier in Minnesota golf. On Memorial…
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Rich Jones, PGA —Bringing Inspiration and Access to Golf
by Debert Cookby Debert CookBY AAGD STAFF (September 29, 2019) — When PGA Professional Rich Jones is not reading or spending time with his family in Long Island, NY, he’s more than likely…
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DAVE COOK, THE OWNER OF AMERICANA FOODS, A MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS, HAS PROVIDED FOOD SERVICE, CATERING AND CONCESSIONS AT MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS AROUND THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1994. “Golf has been…
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Meet “Pillars Of The Community” at the 2019 Valspar Championship
by Debert Cookby Debert Cook(March 22, 2019) David Archie (left) and Glenn Davis (right) are native Floridians, born and raised in Tarpon Springs. Tarpon Springs is the sister city to Palm Harbor, host of the…