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Article: A place of their own.(Legends Of The Game)
- Article from:
- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Long before a PGA Tour card became a gold carrot and platinum passport to prosperity, those who aspired to play golf professionally were considered foolhardy souls with an aversion to dirty fingernails and sweaty brows. Amateurs held a higher place in golf's pecking order than the vagabonds organized loosely in 1916 under the Professional Golfers Association banner. They were considered gentlemen and held in esteem reserved for true sportsmen. African-Americans were persona non grata. It wasn't until they decided to form the United Golfers Association (UGA) and, later, the North American Golfers Association, that they began to alter the game's landscape in this country.
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