Golfers are some of the most optimistic people on earth, in my opinion. We consistently expect the next round of golf to be better than the last, often times without exerting any effort to improve since we last threw the set of clubs in the trunk of the car. No matter, we somehow believe what didn’t work before will magically click today, and each shot will be purely executed, and on target.
Similarly, every New Year typically begins with renewed enthusiasm and optimism, too! We convince ourselves that this will be the year to lose that extra 10 pounds, earn that extra dollar, shoot lower scores, be more organized, etc. The list of New Year resolutions goes on and on!
As a person connected to the golf industry, I am very optimistic about 2016. Those who know me, understand my passion for trying to bring more diversity to the game of golf, and its industry. With that in mind, here are some of the things I look forward to in 2016 with great enthusiasm and optimism….
The Advocates Pro Tour (APT) enters its seventh season. Five tournaments are scheduled, beginning March 12-13, 2016, at Rogers Park Golf Course, in Tampa, FL. Other locations include New Orleans, Pensacola, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. Last year, total prize monies in APT events increased by 26%, and participation was up by 21%. I serve on the board of directors and am proud that we have added over $300,000 to the pro purse since our inception. I’ve been involved in the sport for over 40 years, and can say with confidence that adding dollars of this significance are not customary for other developmental tours in America. We are unique in many ways!
Last year we also held a Player Development Day, complete with certified trainers, physical conditioning assessments, and swing analysis. More player development sessions are planned for APT members in 2016. The number of sponsors and community partners continues to grow, too, which helped us garner support in advocating for renaming the street leading into Chester Washington Golf Course, in Los Angeles. It’s now Charlie Sifford Drive, in honor of this great man.
Charlie Sifford was in the inaugural class inducted into the National Black Golf Hall of Fame. That was in 1986, the year the organization was founded by the late Harold Dunovant, a Class A member of the PGA of America. The organization still holds true to its original mission: “To recognize and honor the contributions of black golfers for their skills, and to honor persons, regardless of race or ethnicity, who have done the most to promote golf in the Black communities.” The National Black Golf Hall of Fame will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2016, and a grand celebration is being planned. Stay tuned for more details!
Clearview Golf Club will celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2016! Renee Powell, and her brother Larry, have a calendar filled with outings and occasions to celebrate and recognize the historic location, built by the late Dr. William Powell, with the help of his late wife, Marcella, and the entire Powell family. Construction began in 1946, and the golf course opened to the public in 1948. Clearview GC is still noted as the only golf course in America, built, owned, and operated by an African American.
Speaking of history, I am the Executive Director for the Remember Them: African Americans in Golf traveling exhibit. Designed by nationally renowned sculptor Mario Chiodo, the exhibit will continue his vision of creating “art for the people,” using his unique talent for telling stories in compelling ways to enliven history, and inspire both the young and old with truthful life lessons in courage, perseverance, and honor.
There are several reasons why this project is so important. First and foremost, the history of those who contributed to golf in our communities must be accurately captured and presented to current and future generations. Sure, there have been a dozen or so books written on the topic, and most are great. There’s also been a documentary or two effectively capturing stories and interviews from past contributors. Yes, we now have a permanent exhibit on the contributions of African American people at the World Golf Hall of Fame, in St. Augustine, FL. I’m honored to have played a small part in making that happen! Nevertheless, too few people read the history books, and even fewer will make the time and effort to visit the museum in Florida.
So, we’re taking this remarkable history and inspiring stories into our communities! I’m often reminded by my good friend Renee Powell that our stories are part of American history, not just African American history. She’s correct, of course. And who better to tell our stories than us. If we don’t, who will? When you think of it, who else should? These stories of triumph, despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles, have been marginalized, and all but ignored for too long!
I serve on several other golf diversity committees and initiatives, including the Golf 20/20 Diversity Task Force, the Women of Color golf movement (based in Tampa, FL), and the professional golf management program, at the University of Maryland Eastern Shores. These, and the abovementioned groups/events, will be the focus of my future blogs throughout 2016.
Meanwhile, I invite you to share your enthusiasm and optimism for diversity and inclusion with me, and let’s join forces to help bring more females and minorities into golf.
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ABOUT MICHAEL COOPER, PH.D. Dr. Michael W. Cooper is the former Director of Diversity for the World Golf Foundation/The First Tee and past Assistant Dean/Campus Director for Springfield College-Tampa Bay campus. Contact him at [email protected].
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In The Little Book of ‘Fro-isms, Robin Reshard helps you on your journey to find your uniqueness – your ‘fro – so that you do not go undone. Knowing that you have distinct attributes that are meant to be shared with the world, Reshard wrote this guide to help you find those attributes and your uniqueness.
Robin is an engaging interviewer, public speaker and community educator. As the creative force for Robert Robino Productions, she strives to bring relevant issues to light through educational, entertaining and enlightening media and community projects.
Putting her passion for reading and writing into action, she has authored The Little Book of ‘Fro-isms: A Guide for Your Journey to Finding Your Uniqueness, the upcoming children’s book Marty Goes to the Library, the motivational CDs – Find Your ‘Fro™ and The Fifth Key to Purpose and Passion, and has contributed numerous articles to other books and newspapers. A former host of a PBS community and public affairs television show, she enlightened the public by asking the insightful and tough questions.
This little handbook with idiom-filled helpful tips and challenging messages will assist you in discovering and living happily and contently as you best you.
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Her over thirty years of professional and community work have provided effective change and challenge in the boardroom, classroom, and community. She holds a Master of Science degree in Community Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire University and has received many service, teaching, and volunteer awards. Robin and her husband, Lloyd, have three beautiful, smart adult children.
Grassroots movement organizers from around the country converged and brought together a group of black-owned manufacturers, distributors, national suppliers, small business owners, concerned citizens, spiritual leaders, and local government officials, in what is sure to become a landmark moment about the wave of Black unity forming throughout the country. This occurred at the first press conference event of LetsBuyBlack365, the national Black economic empowerment movement based in Brooklyn, NY. The news was released on December 31, 2015.
Reverend Dennis Dillon (far left) with panelists that include Councilman Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.,
Freedom Paper Company, Onipa PSC and Alpha Office Supplies.
The 1.1 trillion dollars a year in black spending power has been a focal point of recent holiday boycotts in Black communities across the nation. Currently, only a fraction of that spending is being attributed to and recirculated within the Black community. The consequences have led to unemployment, underemployment, rising prison populations, poverty, and destabilized families and communities.
“As the nation’s only Black-owned golf magazine, I applaude this effort that puts forth the importance of African Americans supporting Black-owned businesses,” said Debert Cook, publisher of the African American Golfer’s Digest.
“For over 12 years, our national magazine, as an independent publication, has showcased editorial features that would NEVER, EVER have been covered by mainstream magazines. We’ve provided information to the masses about golfers of color who are truly skilled and talented–they just lack the funding to make it to the next level of their careers,” says Ms. Cook. African American Golfer’s Digest launched in 2003 in New York City and is a PGA of America Diverse Supplier.
Cook continues, “If Black people who believe in our product and service would partner with us, support our efforts, buy advertising, purchase subscriptions and copies of the magazine, join us in event partnership opportunities, then we could do a whole lot more. Thousands of young, Black, men and women are dreaming of a future in golf and giving all they have to make it as a professional golfer….We’re making a difference in so many lives, keeping them inspired, and portraying their talents to the world. Working together, with the support of Black consumers supporting us can make a tremendous difference for us all.”
According to Nataki, movement spokesperson “The LetsBuyBlack365 movement isn’t about trillions of dollars. I can’t do anything about that. What I can do is control my own dollars. I can choose where I spend my money and what types of businesses get my patronage.LetsBuyBlack365 is about individuals taking action and standing up to say ‘I am already spending but now I am redirecting it to Black owned businesses that have committed to creating jobs, committed to helping small businesses build capacity, and committed to being a part of the solution that unifies the Black community.”
It’s no coincidence that this event took place on the 4th night of Kwanzaa, Ujamaa. The principle means cooperative economics and calls for Black people to “build and maintain our own stores, and businesses and to profit from them together.”
Nataki Kambon, is a spokesperson and a Strategic Partnership Relationship Coordinator of LetsBuyBlack365 shared details about the movement’s online network and introduced some of the nation’s local organizers from cities around the country before the panel discussion.
Moderator Joseph C. Grant, Jr. (pictured left) who is Ambassador of Arts & Culture for Bedford Stuyvesant and Northern Crown Heights kicked off the discussion by introducing Nataki who was joined by panelists Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., Councilman, 36th District, Bedford Stuyvesant and Northern Crown Heights, Dr. Mawiyah Kambon, President of Onipa Psychological and Consulting Services, Past President of the National Association of Black Psychologists and strategic partners Kamose Muhammad, President/CEO Freedom Paper Company, and Chet Riddick, President/CEO of Alpha Office Supplies.
According to movement spokesperson, Nataki Kambon “Every Black person in America is already a part of this movement whether they know it or not. We say knowledge is power but most of us don’t know how to use it, so we just tune out and do nothing.”
“Right now we have college students like, Johnathan Butler and the countless other students standing up and protesting systemic racism on college campuses around the country. Without thriving black-owned businesses these young people will graduate to enter many corporations where they will be up against the same issues. We owe it to our youth and students to fortify Black-owned industries that are creating lucrative possibilities for their future. This movement isn’t just about the crowd-sourced directory for the sake of documenting where businesses are. This movement is about individuals taking action through crowd-sourcing and using information as a resource to create social change and political leverage.”
Alpha Office Supplies, a company founded three decades ago, has been regularly featured as one of Black Enterprise’s 100 top minority-owned and operated companies.
President/CEO Chet Riddick, pictured left, passionately rallied Black entrepreneurs to join in the movement and shared his commitment to growing other business.
“If our communities are to change economically, it is going to be up to the African American community and business leaders to lead the charge” stated Riddick.
Kamose Muhammad represented one of the few Black-owned manufacturing and distribution companies in the country. As President/CEO of Freedom Paper Company, makers of the Freedom brand bathroom tissue and other household products, Mr Muhammad expressed that Freedom is joining forces with LetsBuyBlack365. The company has committed to producing more jobs in the community and doing more outreach. To show solidarity, Freedom is also buying into the movement by giving a discount to anyone who enters the LBB365 coupon code when purchasing.
Psychologist, Dr. Mawiyah Kambon, of Onipa PSC a national online counseling agency, stressed the importance of Black consumers to reeducate themselves on the matters of economic empowerment and to redirect their spending habits in positive ways. She briefly shared that American consumers have become brainwashed by decades of advertising and marketing that does not encourage consumers to spend money with Black-owned businesses.
The news conference was strategically held in the neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, a community well-known for its concentration of Black-owned business and homeownership. The district which is growing in diversity remains well-served by community leaders such as Reverend Dennis Dillon of The Brooklyn Christian Center. His congregation just completed a 40 day economic fast from spending.
Photo: far left, Dr. Mawiyah Kambon
LetsBuyBlack365 movement spokesperson Nataki, was invited by Rev Dillon, on Ujamaa night after their spending fast to deliver solutions for next steps. Nataki presented specific individual strategies that the group committed to leverage to advance their economic empowerment plan.
Dwayne, an organizer from Baltimore, MD, shared this after the press conference and Kwanzaa events, “This movement is the necessary shift in black economics in America today. It is truly fulfilling and an honor to be a part of a movement that will be reviewed as one of the most historically impactful times in our history.”
True to its mission, movement organizers patronized only Black-owned businesses while planning the New York news conference, including restaurants, the public relations firm hired to coordinate the press conference, the IT company that provided nationwide visibility through live streaming, and even lodging with Black-owned AirBNB hosts.
Along with the press conference, the movement launched its new website www.LetsBuyBlack365.com. At the website Black people can take a pledge for self-empowerment, post and share any Black owned companies they know, and join in the online social network. Members started the social network after concerns from some organizers that other social networks were suppressing and blocking posts around topics affecting the Black community. Members can also duplicate the synergy at the Kwanzaa by logging on and adding any business, organization or resource to the Black Star Business directory. People around the country watched the press conference through live streaming provide by Digital Divide Partnership. As a result, people are already logging in creating profiles and beginning to share companies and resources.
For more information regarding the movement visit www.letsbuyBlack365.com or contact [email protected].
To play your best golf, Power Plate offers a unique solution for golfers of any age or ability, to quickly improve their flexibility, range of motion, stability and balance.
Power Plate, the gold standard in whole body vibration technology, is used by some of the best athletes in the world, including many professional golfers. The secret is Power Plate’s vibrating surface which triggers immediate contractions of your stabilizing muscles 25 to 50 times every second. These reflexive muscle contractions result in positive improvements in balance, flexibility, coordination and strength to quickly ready golfers to play their best. If you choose a more aggressive setting, massaging on Power Plate brings valuable healing and pain relief to tired, sore muscles to get you back on the course faster. Using this patented technology for as little as five minutes before your tee time helps prepare the body for its best swings possible.
Do you dread those first few swings on the range where your body feels stiff and your swing feels restricted? Just 5 minutes on Power Plate before you play, and your body will respond like it does in the middle of the round. The rapid contractions quickly increase circulation, warming your muscles to improve flexibility and increase range of motion.
If you’re ready to work on your golf fitness, training on Power Plate is a quick and efficient option. As the Power Plate surface shifts below you, your core is constantly challenged, increasing muscle activity and strength. Increasing your strength and fitness decreases your risk of injury.
All Power Plate 7-series models include a touch-activated video screen, which guides users through a variety of exercise routines, including many designed specifically for golfers. The Power Plate Golf Videos offer a summary of each routine and explains its benefits, including: increased range of motion, mobility, enhanced stability, balance, improved strength and power.
Craig Barlow, PGA Tour Professional, has said: “I started using the Power Plate to improve my flexibility, increase my strength and rehab a wrist injury. After six weeks, my flexibility has improved dramatically, my strength is through the roof – I have gained a full club in distance and my wrist is ready for a return to the PGA Tour.”
Using whole body vibration exercises in a golfer’s workout routine just got easier with the introduction of the Personal Power Plate – a new, compact and portable model that harnesses the same benefits of the full-sized versions with added convenience. Regardless of space constraints, the Personal Power Plate makes it easy to integrate vibration training into any workout and prepare for a better golf game.
This newest addition to the Power Plate family weighs less than 40 pounds with the same patented whole body vibration technology for an even easier way to reap the benefits of Power Plate.. It can be conveniently stored under a bed or in a closet, and also comes with a soft carrying case and remote control to easily adjust its various settings. For more information about the Personal Power Plate, visit PowerPlate.com/Personal.
Many golf courses/country clubs, PGA Tour strength coaches and even PGA Tour professionals advocate the use of Power Plate training before hitting the green, including Rocco Mediate, six-time PGA Tour Winner, who said: “All it takes is a quick 90-seconds or so on the Power Plate prior to beginning a round of hitting the range and my body is completely warmed up and ready to go.”
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A competitive skins golf game was played at Cheval Golf and Country Club among friends from across the state. Located in Lutz, Florida, the 18-hole “Cheval” course features 7,005 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 71. The outing took place on December 8, 2015, and the competition was stiff for the seasoned golfers who managed to show outstanding prowess.
The course rating is 74.2 and it has a slope rating of 131 on Bermuda grass. Designed by Steven R. Smyers, ASGCA, the Cheval golf course opened in 1987. Larry King, Jr. manages the course as the Owner.
Cheval has a large elevated layout and the tees provide for optimum conditions, with large landing areas around the well-bunkered, hand-mowed green. This particular format provides for a picturesque setting– and many say that it is unequaled when compared to other courses in the Greater Tampa Bay area.
Most local know that Cheval is not the typical Florida course, Cheval has elevation changes, is well drained, has nearby water on 17 of 18 holes, has just under 100 scenic strategically placed sand traps, and has wall-to-wall irrigation.
Hitting their best strokes was (left-to-right) Otis Windham, Cassandra Doty, Johnny McGee, Tony Smith and Rey Oliver (not pictured). Tony won one
Tony won one skin, while Otis and won 2 skins each, representing the great state Mississippi. Otis is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the African American Golfer’s Digest. He is a formidable sportsman who takes his golf game seriously. If he’s involved, you can be sure that he’s aiming to win.
(left, Otis Windham)
Earl Sims follows his passion for golf and plays at every opportunity. In fact, he’s won a bunch of tournaments on scramble teams and captured an individual low net trophy, about five years ago, at the Rashaan R. Willis golf challenge, an annual outing to Gulf Shores, Alabama where about 40 other devoted golfers competed.
Sims, age 56, is a warm-hearted Philadelphia, Pa., native who was raised in West Philly. There, he played a lot of organized basketball all over the city, including at Cobbs Creek park. “The sport of golf never crossed my mind,” remarks the 6’4”, 260-pound Sims, who ironically grew up just 10 blocks, or so, from the Cobb’s Creek golf course.”
A Park For All People
As a youngster, Sims and his Philadelphia friends enjoyed many happy times at the park’s green space for recreation, barbecues, and more. “But, as a youth, I never remember seeing a course there—or maybe I just didn’t recognize it as one,” he says.
Cobb’s Creek was called “Karakung” by Native Americans and, was the site of the first water mill built within the limits of Pennsylvania. It later gained development into Philadelphia’s first public golf course, back in 1916. Today it sits in a predominately African American neighborhood and two courses occupy the grounds there: The Olde Course and The Karakung Course, “They’re sort of executive courses, where you may not ever hit driver,” says Sims who started playing the golf courses as an adult.
“Funny thing…even though it’s in a predominantly African American neighborhood, I am usually just one of the few African Americans out on the course….Take away from that what you will,” he says.
Sims graduated from Florida A & M University, School of Business & Industry (SBI) with a major in Management/Labor Relations. He holds Property & Casualty insurance licenses and is licensed in about 20 states. Now the Atlanta, Ga., resident is retired from a successful management consulting career and works part-time as a Property and Casualty Sales Representative for State Farm Insurance.
The Sport Came Calling
He recalls that as a youth he idolized (and emulated) mainly basketball and football players. “I never picked up a golf club until I was more than 30-years-old. What prompted me first to consider it, was when I heard that Lawrence (LT) Taylor, the NY Giants football Hall of Famer played golf. I thought, hmmm…maybe it’s not the tired, boring game for the un-athletic that I thought it was.”
A few years later, Sims discovered that NBA basketball legends Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley also played golf, and again, the sport piqued his interest. Long story short, Sims relented, reasoning that maybe golf was worth trying.
With a new set of clubs—presented to him by his father on a special occasion, Sims embarked on a Florida trip (without having taken any golf lessons mind you) and played his very first golf round with a couple of buddies, “Armondo and Cyril, who didn’t play either. One guy, Joe Hunt, from Tampa, could actually play, and kind of showed us everything,” recants Sims. “…Thanks, Joe, for suffering through that round.”
Pressing on to master the game, Sims plays about eight times per month. “I’ve been recovering from an ankle injury so, I’ve played a lot less. But I’m on my way back!”
Golfing Forward; and, Not Looking Back
The devoted player has an official handicap index is a 12. I, which he admits has not been updated in a couple of years. He took a group lesson about 20-years ago, “and I did have one private lesson in Orange County California at the Tustin Ranch golf club, which was a birthday gift. Hence, my handicap is still stuck at 12.”
Photo: Earl Sims (far right, 3rd from the bottom) with golfers at the Rashaan R. Willis Memorial tournament, Gulf Shores, Alabama, 2011, playing Kiva Dunes, Lost Key (also affectionately known as Lost Ball) and the Peninsula courses.
“I did learn the fundamentals, in terms of what the golf swing should look like. I get most of my ‘instruction’ on the course, and by watching the Golf Channel.” He was also a long-standing member of the Canongate G.C. in Atlanta, a multi-course private membership club, and his wife of 11 years, Sherri (a left-hander, who plays right-handed) started out playing early on in their relationship but lost interest. So now, Sims makes tee-times with his golfing fellas, lots of them, too numerous to name.
“Like everyone, consistency is my biggest challenge. Stringing good shots together which result in scoring well….Turns out, I’m a pretty good putter. Most rounds I won’t three putt more than once, or twice.”
Photo: Earl and his golf buddies enjoying golf in Orlando, FL at the Disney Magnolia golf course. (L-R) Earl Sims, Patrick Howard, Frank Taylor, Armondo Burnette and Cyril Prince.
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Lauryn Olivia Leonard, aka LOL, will proudly be representing at the Yokohama LPGA Classic Golf clinic. The Regional Drive Chip and Putt Contest is being held at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, KY on September 12th.
Registration for the 2016 Drive, Chip and Putt Championship began Jan. 22 at the Web site, DriveChipandPutt.com.
The competition is open to boys and girls ages 7-15 who will compete in separate divisions in four age categories. Qualifying opportunities are available in all 50 states during the months of May, June, July and August.
Top performers at the local level will advance through sub-regional and regional qualifiers in July/August and September, respectively. The top 80 performers – 40 boys and 40 girls – will earn an invitation to the national finals at Augusta National Golf Club on April 3, the eve of the 2016 Masters Tournament.
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The schedule for the 2016 Drive, Chip and Putt Championship qualifying is as follows:
• Local (May/June/July/August): 255 host sites spread throughout all 50 states. Three juniors advance in each age/gender category from every venue.
• Sub-Regional (July/August): 50 host sites spread throughout 45 states. Two juniors advance in each age/gender category from every venue.
• Regional (September): 10 host sites in 10 defined regions. One junior advances in each age/gender category from every venue.
• National Finals (April 3, 2016): 80 participants at Augusta National.
No golfer has been more advertised, televised, recognized, commercialized, scrutinized, criticized, and crucified, than Eldrick “Tiger” Woods. Tiger has been the headliner appearing on golf’s grand stages for the last twenty years. He still moves the needle, quiet as it’s kept. He’s been golf’s “Cash Cow” for sometime now. He’s still their BIGGEST drawing card, even with his poor performance and multiple injuries of late.
Even with the steller playing of golf’s young lions like Jordan Spieth, Jason Day, Rory Mcilroy, Ricky Fowler, Dustin Johnson and countless others, golf’s hierarchy is still doubting whether the future of golf will EVER recapture the MASSIVE revenue sharing benefits they all experienced during Tiger’s supreme reign.
Of course, the Palmer and Nicklaus era had their share of prosperity, but at no time in the history of this great game did golf enjoy the success it did during the Tiger Woods era. If you need that fact validated or confirmed, I’m sure Tiger’s longtime agent Mark Steinberg can verify that for you.
It is certainly no well kept secret that Tiger’s value to the game is PRICELE$$! One need look no further than today’s golf purses. The golfing police, and public in general, are still hoping on a wing and a prayer that late one Sunday afternoon, we will all be treated to a final round showdown in one of golf’s four majors, featuring Tiger and one of the young guns I mentioned earlier, battling it out down the stretch, for one more glimpse of golf immortality.
It would send network ratings straight into outer space. What theater that would be. It could be safe to say, that it might have a direct effect on the stock market.
Now getting back to my original point of view, since all the experts are still showing all of Tiger’s highlight reels and analyzing his health status and his anticipated return date, shouldn’t he at least be receiving some “Royalty Checks” to sorta motivate him to accelerate his return to competitive golf and make a lot of dreams come true and a lot of folks filthy rich? Not me of course, but maybe you. How’s that for a little imagination? LOL….
Oh, yeah. Let me know your comments on this!
ABOUT JOHN PERRY
John Perry is a freelance writer, poet and active golfer with a passion for calling shots like he sees them and, then, telling it like it is. He resides in Vauxhall, NJ. Email: [email protected]