Article: This week in Black history.(Charlie Sifford, United Negro College Fund )(Brief article)

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April 22, 2004--

Charlie Sifford, golfer, the first Black to win a Professional Golfer Association (PGA) tournament, became the first Black elected into the World Golf Hall of Fame on this day. He was voted in through the Lifetime Achievement category and inducted into the Hall on Nov. 15. Sifford cracked the PGA Tour's White-only clause in 1961 and was the first Black member to win on tour (the PGA Greater Hartford Open) in 1967 (below). He also won the Los Angeles Open in 1969. Born in North Carolina on June 2,1922, Sifford learned at an early age the value of golf. As a 10-year-old caddy, he assisted golfers in improving their games. By the ...

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