On Monday, June 27, Vernel Bennett, Co-Founder of the United Black Golfers Association, was among golfing royalty when the National Links Trust hosted the second annual Renee Powell Clearview Legacy Benefit at East Potomac. The event honored Renee Powell’s contributions in women’s golf and the history of Clearview Golf Club.
The program included a junior clinic, diversity panel, and golf outing, highlighted by a National Links Trust presentation of a $25,000 donation to Renee Powell, Head Pro at her Clearview Legacy Foundation — a charitable foundation established in 2001 to preserve the legacy and facilities of Clearview Golf Club in East Canton, Ohio, for future generations.
The Clearview Golf Club was the first golf course in the United States to be built, owned, and operated by an African American. The club was started in 1946, with Bill Powell (Renee’s father) purchasing the land and working on it in his spare time. It opened to the public and to all races in April 1948.
