BLAC Golf · Organizations
The Institutions
From the United Golfers Association to the APGA Tour — the organizations that sustained Black golf through exclusion and are building its future.
From the United Golfers Association to the APGA Tour — the organizations that sustained Black golf through exclusion and are building its future.
Tours & Invitationals
Where Black professionals and prospects compete.
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.
Website →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 Programs
The college pipeline — programs building the next generation.
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.
Associations & Community
The institutions that kept the game alive, and the ones growing it now.
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.
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