February 13, 1918-February 20, 2012
Gwendolyn Claudette McDaniel (Argrett) “Honey” Tucker, 90, was the first woman to play golf in Tampa during the segregation era. Mrs. Tucker moved to Tampa as a youngster and attended the public schools of Hills borough Country. She graduated from Middleton High School in 1936. She married James Tucker and they were parents to two daughters.
She and her daughter, Arletha Davis, became involved in golf during the construction of Rogers Park Golf Course in the late 1940s and early 1950s and she learned the game from professional golfers who visited the course. Ms. Tucker became the first African American woman to play at Rogers Park Golf Course and she was very good, with a reputation of beating the men. She continued to play there for several years until her health failed.
In addition to playing golf, Mrs. Tucker was active in the community and often narrated fashion shows, organized the Golden Angels Club, a social organization involving women and church. She was a member of the New Salem Missionary Baptist Church for many years before moving her membership to First Baptist
Church of West Tampa.
