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Why BLAC Golf
Who are the Black golfers competing professionally today? Who won The John Shippen? Which HBCUs field golf programs? Where did Black golf survive when the game shut its doors — places like Clearview Golf Club, built by hand when America wouldn't let its builder play?
BLAC Golf answers those questions with living profiles, data-driven rankings, and stories that stay connected to the people in them. When Willie Mack III wins again, his profile knows. This page is never finished — it learns.
— The BLAC Editorial Team
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Collections
Curated answers — the people, places, and moments that define Black golf, assembled by our editors.
10 Entries
10 Black Women Every Golf Fan Should Know
Introduce yourself to the pioneers who helped shape Black golf — from the segregated fairways of the UGA circuit to today's LPGA Tour and broadcast booths.
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Black Women in Golf
The players and builders who carried Black women's golf from Althea Gibson's barrier-breaking to today's tours — and the community bringing the next generation in.
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Hallowed Ground: The Historic Courses
The courses Black golfers built, owned, and defended when the game shut its doors.
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The Firsts
Every door in golf was opened by someone. These are the people who opened them.
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The Legends
The Organizations
African American Golfers Hall of Fame
To honor and preserve the legacy of African American golfers.
APGA Tour
To bring greater diversity to golf by developing Black and minority professionals for the game's highest levels.
Bethune-Cookman University Golf
The program that produced Willie Mack III.
Black College Golf Coaches Association
To advance golf programs and student-athletes at HBCUs.
Black Girls Golf
To make golf a comfortable, welcoming place for Black women and girls.
The Places
Bartow Golf Course
Bartow, FLThe Polk County municipal course where Herbert Dixon learned the game as a caddie during segregation — barred from playing it because of his color. Its driving range now bears his name: the Herbert Dixon Driving Range, dedicated by the City of Bartow in 2020.
Clearview Golf Club
East Canton, OHThe only golf course in America designed, built, and owned by an African American. Bill Powell seeded its first nine holes by hand after WWII; it is on the National Register of Historic Places and still run by the Powell family.
Detroit Golf Club
Detroit, MIHost of the PGA Tour's Rocket Classic and The John Shippen National Invitational — where Black professional golf takes its biggest annual stage in Detroit.
Langston Golf Course
Washington, DCOpened in 1939 for Black golfers shut out of Washington's courses, Langston became the capital's home of Black golf and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Palmer Park Golf Course
Detroit, MIA Detroit muni at the heart of the city's Black golf community for generations.
Stories
Most people remember Althea Gibson as a tennis legend. Fewer know she also became the first Black woman to compete on the LPGA Tour, breaking another barrier and opening doors for generations of Black women golfers.
Long before diversity initiatives became common in golf, pioneering Black women were competing, winning championships, building clubs, mentoring juniors, and opening doors for future generations.
From Herbert Dixon in Bartow to generations of golfers throughout Polk County, Orlando, and Tampa, Central Florida has quietly produced an important chapter in Black golf history that is only beginning to be documented.
Memphis has long been home to a passionate Black golf community. While many of its pioneers remain under-documented, their influence continues through local clubs, junior golf, and generations of players who expanded access to the game.
Chicago became one of the most important cities in Black golf during the twentieth century. From pioneering clubs to national champions, the city helped produce many of the game’s most influential women golfers.
Explore Detroit’s rich legacy of Black women golfers and the generations of players who strengthened the city’s golf community despite segregation and limited access to country clubs.
Black-Owned Golf
Apparel & lifestyle
Eastside Golf
Founded by Morehouse golf alumni Olajuwon Ajanaku and Earl Cooper, Eastside Golf became the defining Black-owned golf brand, collaborating with Jordan Brand and the PGA of America.
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