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Most golfers would jump for joy if they hit a 300 yard drive. This guy pokes his tee shot over 450 yards.

The term, “bombs away” should be the middle name for lock n’ load phenom Maurice Allen, a 28-year-old Orlando, FL native who is hot on the scene as one of the world’s longest drive hitters.

Allen graduated from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee with a B.S. in Biology and lives on campus at Life University in Marietta, GA.  The bachelor and certified personal trainer is studying hard as a student and has his sights set on becoming a chiropractor.

Allen’s father, Jessie (Allen) introduced him to golf and took him around to watch the pros play at places like Bay Hill in Orlando. Years later, while attending Florida A & M, Allen met Steve Harrison and Kenny Knox, owners of a company called Silk Golf. “They were blown away and impressed by my hitting distance and put up $40.00 to enter me into my first long drive competition, sponsored by Re/Max,” says the 5’ 8”, 210 pounds striker. At the PGA Merchandise Show (January 2011) Allen set the WORLD record for fastest club head speed. (Read more about Maurice Allen in the Winter/Spring 2011 issue.)
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Quincy R. Heard was born on May 17, 1969, in Montgomery, Alabama. He was raised by his Aunt Harriet and Uncle Earl Marsh, while his mother completed her Bachelor of Science in Education at Alabama State University. In 1988, he joined the Navy and began playing golf when he was 21 years old.

Quincy HeardPGA Professional

Quincy entered the PGA of America as a novice in 1998. It took him many years of hard work and dedication to pass the PGA of America’s Playing Ability Test requirement (PAT). In 2006, he completed the requirements and was elected for membership to the Professional Golfer’s Association of America, becoming Oregon’s second African American golf professional. (…read more in the Spring 2007 issue.)

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For more than six decades Willie McRae has walked the pristine and historic fairways of Pinehurst Golf Club and Resort with a humble and quiet dignity. He has helped carry on the proud tradition of the black caddie and for almost 80 years the McRae family has played a prominent role in the history of Pinehurst.The McRae Family is just as much a part of the history of Pinehurst as it’s more famous guests. Thaddeus McRae, the son of a sharecropper started caddying at the Pinehurst Golf Club in 1927. He was one of many black caddies that traveled from the Taylortown, NC a small town just two miles from the resort to work at the Golf course that the Tufts Family owned. Caddying was a way to earn money and support his wife and twelve children. (Read Winter/Jan. 2007 issue.)

(April 28, 2014)—by AAGD Staff

Having served as the Director of Instruction for more than 9 years at the Bronx Golf Center in Bronx, New York, Buddy is entering his 21st-year as a golf professional.

Starting in the business in Philadelphia, PA at the historic Cobb’s Creek Golf Club, Buddy is a former PGA of America member.  Currently teaching at both the Fairview Golf Center in Elmsford, NY and at Marine Park Golf Course in Brooklyn, NY.  He also served as Head Professional at the historic Freeway Golf Course in Sicklerville, NJ.

his stellar credentials include running his own enterprise, Buddy Cooper Golf, and serving as an instructor at the prestigious Jim McLean Golf Academy at Chelsea Piers in New York City.   Read Buddy’s bio here

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In addition to teaching all levels of golfers, including local pros and competitive juniors, Buddy oversaw the Jim McLean Junior Golf Academy each of his two years while on staff.  Learning to teach McLean’s methodology from Jim and his senior team was invaluable, as McLean is a Master PGA Professional and was the PGA of America’s Teacher of the Year in 1994.  Buddy was also a staff instructor at the Jim Colbert/Jimmy Ballard schools with the Family Golf Center of the Bronx and is on the African American Golfer’s Digest list of Top Golf Instructors.