Abstract
From 1961 until the mid-1980s a weekend ritual was repeated by many African Americans who follow golf. For these individuals, each weekend morning included a peek at the standings of the weekly Professional Golf Association (PGA) tournament printed in the newspaper to see how the black golfers were doing and whether any one of them was the tournament leader or was close enough to the lead to win the tournament. As the 1980s came to an end anyone still practicing the old ritual was doing so in vain. No blacks were winning tournaments on the regular PGA Tour, nor were they even challenging the tournament leaders because the regular professional tour included fewer African-American golfers than it had in the 1960s.
Recommended Citation
Reed, Wornie L.
(1991)
"Blacks in Golf,"
Trotter Review: Vol. 5:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/trotter_review/vol5/iss1/6
