Beyond The Fairway Podcast hosts Will and Doug are joined by Charles Sifford, Jr., the son of the World Golf Hall of Famer Charles Sifford, ahead of the Travelers Championship, where Sifford earned his first PGA circuit win.
In honor of Sifford’s historic win and iconic career, Sifford Jr. talks about the Charles Sifford Centennial Celebration Golf Outing taking place at Wethersfield Country Club and what his father’s legacy means to the game of golf, both then and now, and how his father helped shape the life he lives now.
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-fairway/id1548370084?i=1000567285388
Interview (Will, Doug & Charles Jr.)
(5:52) Start of Interview with Charles Sifford, Jr.
(7:21) The state of black golf from when Sifford entered the professional ranks to present-day
(8:34) Sifford Jr.’s view as a child on his father
(10:38) On the hardships Sifford endured while breaking into professional golf
(13:30) Advice Sifford received from Jackie Robinson
(15:17) On Sifford’s book “Just Let Me Play”
(17:49) On his father’s initial golf reservations for himself, and Sifford Jr.’s introduction to golf
(19:37) Comparisons to him and his father
(21:01) Message to young or new golfers and understanding Sifford’s legacy
(22:53) Diversity in Golf from the 1969 L.A. Open to today
(26:41) How the Charles Sifford Centennial Celebration Golf Outing came about
(29:33) On the significance of Wethersfield Country Club to the Centennial event and the Sifford family
(30:39) On the Dr. Charles Sifford Scholarship and its impact on HBCU’s
(32:19) Sifford Jr. on his own legacy
