The Institutions

Professional tour · Est. 2010

APGA Tour

To bring greater diversity to golf by developing Black and minority professionals for the game's highest levels.

The Advocates Professional Golf Association Tour stages tournaments and provides playing opportunities, funding, and development for Black and minority golfers on the path to the PGA Tour.

Professional tour · Est. 1950

LPGA

The premier women's professional golf tour.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association, founded in 1950. Althea Gibson became its first Black member in 1964, followed by Renee Powell in 1967.

National invitational · Detroit, MI · Est. 2021

The John Shippen

To create pathways for Black golfers and Black businesses into the game's biggest stages.

The John Shippen National Invitational, played at Detroit Golf Club, awards Black professionals exemptions into PGA Tour and LPGA events — and pairs the golf with a national Black business pitch competition.

Junior development · Est. 2021

Underrated Golf

Equity, access, and opportunity for under-represented junior golfers.

Stephen Curry's Underrated Golf tour gives elite junior golfers from under-represented communities a national competitive stage and a path to college golf.

HBCU golf program · Daytona Beach, FL

Bethune-Cookman University Golf

The program that produced Willie Mack III.

Bethune-Cookman's golf program has one of the strongest alumni lines in HBCU golf, headlined by APGA great Willie Mack III.

HBCU golf program · Tallahassee, FL

Florida A&M University Golf

Rattler golf.

FAMU's golf program is a fixture of the HBCU golf landscape and a regular contender at the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship.

HBCU golf program · Washington, DC · Est. 2020

Howard University Golf

Division I golf at the Mecca.

Howard's Division I golf program relaunched in 2020 with backing from Stephen Curry — the highest-profile investment in HBCU golf in a generation.

HBCU golf program · Jackson, MS

Jackson State University Golf

The most storied program in HBCU golf.

Jackson State built a dynasty in Black college golf, producing professionals like Tim O'Neal and Shasta Averyhardt and a long line of national minority championships.

HBCU golf program · Houston, TX

Texas Southern University Golf

Tiger golf in Houston.

Texas Southern fields men's and women's golf in the SWAC, developing talent in one of America's great golf cities.

Heritage

African American Golfers Hall of Fame

To honor and preserve the legacy of African American golfers.

Recognizes the players, teachers, and pioneers of African American golf. Herbert Dixon was honored in 2012.

College golf

Black College Golf Coaches Association

To advance golf programs and student-athletes at HBCUs.

The BCGCA supports HBCU golf coaches and players with championships, development, and advocacy — the backbone of the Black college golf pipeline.

Community · Atlanta, GA · Est. 2011

Black Girls Golf

To make golf a comfortable, welcoming place for Black women and girls.

Tiffany Fitzgerald's Black Girls Golf has grown into a national network introducing thousands of Black women to the game — clinics, community, and business golf.

Heritage · Est. 1986

National Black Golf Hall of Fame

To honor the pioneers and champions of Black golf.

Founded in 1986, the National Black Golf Hall of Fame preserves the legacy of the players, teachers, and builders who carried the game through exclusion.

Workforce & access

PGA WORKS

To diversify the golf industry's workforce.

PGA WORKS drives career access across the golf industry, including the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship — the premier championship for HBCU and minority-serving-institution golf.

Historic tour · Est. 1925

United Golfers Association

The historic Black golf tour (1925–1975) that sustained the game through segregation.

When the PGA enforced its Caucasian-only clause, the UGA gave Black golfers — Ted Rhodes, Charlie Sifford, Althea Gibson and hundreds more — a place to compete for fifty years.

Amateur golf · Est. 1954

Western States Golf Association

One of the oldest Black golf associations in America.

Founded in 1954, the WSGA connects Black golf clubs across the western U.S. with tournaments, junior golf, and scholarships.

Development · Atlanta, GA

Women in Golf Foundation

Expanding opportunities for women and girls in golf.

Founded and led by LaJean Gould, the Atlanta-based Women in Golf Foundation has run the National Women's Collegiate Golf Championship for more than 30 years, supporting women's golf at HBCUs and contributing over $340,000 to collegiate programs.

Historic club · Chicago, IL · Est. 1937

Chicago Women's Golf Club

Uplifting Black women in golf since 1937.

Formed November 16, 1937 by Anna Mae Black Robinson, Vivian Pitts, and Cleo Ball, the Chicago Women's Golf Club is the oldest African American women's golf club in the Midwest. Its home course was Pipe-O-Peace (later Joe Louis Golf Course); its UGA-sanctioned Memorial Tournaments drew the top Black professionals. In 1956 it became the first Black organization admitted to the USGA — largely so member Ann Gregory could compete in USGA championships. Its Bob-O-Links junior program (1954) continues today.

Governance · Est. 1894

USGA

The governing body of golf in the United States and Mexico.

The United States Golf Association. Ann Gregory became the first Black woman to play in a USGA championship at the 1956 U.S. Women's Amateur; the Chicago Women's Golf Club was the first Black organization admitted to USGA membership (1956).

Historic club · Washington, DC · Est. 1937

Wake-Robin Golf Club

To perpetuate golf among Black women and make a permanent place for them in the world of golf.

Founded April 22, 1937 at the Washington, D.C. home of schoolteacher Helen Webb Harris, Wake-Robin is the first and oldest African American women's golf club in the United States. Its 1938 petition to Interior Secretary Harold Ickes led to the construction of Langston Golf Course — and by 1941, the desegregation of D.C.'s public courses. Ethel Funches, the winningest champion in UGA women's history, joined in 1943. The club remains active today.