TOP BLACK MALE AND FEMALE PROFESSIONAL & AMATEUR GOLFERS TO COMPETE ON JUNE 27-28 AT DETROIT GOLF CLUB
June 26, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF
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A full field of players are committed to compete in THE JOHN SHIPPEN National Invitational presented by Rocket Mortgage beginning this Sunday. On the field are some of the nation’s top amateur and professional Black golfers who have been invited to play June 27-28, at the historic Detroit Golf Club. The National Invitational, designed specifically to showcase and provide heightened opportunities and recognition to Black golfers.
In conjunction with the event, a one-hour TV special about THE JOHN
SHIPPEN will air on CBS leading into final-round coverage of the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Sunday, July 4.
THE JOHN SHIPPEN is named after John Shippen, Jr., who was the first American-born golf professional and also the country’s first Black golf professional. Shippen tied for fifth place in the second U.S. Open in 1896 and played in four additional U.S. Opens. He was bestowed PGA of America membership posthumously in 2009.
THE JOHN SHIPPEN National Golf Invitational Competition:
• The Women’s Division will feature a 36-hole competition with a two-player team format. The winning duo will earn an exemption into the LPGA’s Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (July 14–17), which is also played as a team event.
• The Men’s Division will compete in a 36-hole individual stroke play event, with the winner receiving an exemption into the PGA TOUR’s Rocket Mortgage Classic (July 1-4).
THE JOHN SHIPPEN Shoot-Out Presented by Cognizant is a three-hole individual competition that will take place on the South Course (5th, 6th and 7th Holes) at Detroit Golf Club on Monday, June 28, directly following THE JOHN SHIPPEN National Invitational final round play. The Shoot-Out will feature the four players from the second- and third-place teams of the
women’s field with the individual winner being awarded a sponsor exemption into the LPGA’s Cognizant Founders Cup (October 4-10).
