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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Willie Mack III gets Korn Ferry Tour’s exemption to the 2021 Huntsville Championship
by Debert Cookby Debert CookMarch 30, 2021 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Willie Mack III, a 32-year-old native of Flint, Mich., who boasts 65 mini-tour victories in a professional career predominantly spent on the Florida Professional Golf…
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Rovonta Young Fires a Closing Round 66 to Capture APGA Tour at World Golf Village
by Debert Cookby Debert CookFormer Alabama A&M Star Gets 1st Win on Diversity-Focused Tour ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida – Mar. 23, 2021 – Rovonta Young of Huntsville, Alabama, shot a sizzling 31 on the back nine enroute to a final…
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Lee Elder To Be Honored by National Links Trust at ‘Masters-Themed’ Langston Golf Course Event
by Debert Cookby Debert CookMarch 24, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF National Links Trust (NLF) will hold a special recognition program honoring Lee Elder at Langston Golf Course on Saturday, April 10th from 11am-2pm.…
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New National Golf Event: ‘The John Shippen’ to expand pathway for Blacks
by Debert Cookby Debert CookMarch 22, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF In 2019 when the Rocket Mortgage Classic made its debut on the PGA Tour and won the inaugural “Fair Way Award” for diversity…
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March 17, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF =UPDATED @6:50PM ET= When golfers tee off at this week’s Honda Classic at PGA National Resort & Spa it will be a time…
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Tiger Woods returns home to Jupiter, Florida, to recover from car crash
by Debert Cookby Debert CookMarch 17, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF Tiger Woods is now recovering back at his Florida home from career-threatening leg injuries which the professional golfer suffered during the car crash…
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Retired NFL Rams Player and Entrepreneur Justin Watson Shares Insights on Why He Loves to Golf
by Debert Cookby Debert CookMarch 16, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF It’s no surprise that athletes have a passion for their chosen career sport…basketball players love to shoot hoops, for example, and football players…
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Tiger Woods’ famous 17th hole putt celebrated at The Players Championship
by Debert Cookby Debert CookMarch 14, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF 20 years ago Tiger Wood’s made a putt from the back edge of the island green at the 17th hole of The Players…
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March 13, 2021 (By Associated Press) Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in…
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Women In Golf Foundation receives “Symetra Tour MVP Invite” for 2021 Season
by Debert Cookby Debert CookMarch 11, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF The Symetra Tour announced on February 18, as part of the LPGA Tour’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and in celebration…
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Tiger Woods set to leave hospital and return to Florida home following horrible car crash
by Debert Cookby Debert CookMarch 11, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF Tiger Woods could be released from the hospital and return to his family as soon as next week following the horrible car crash…