Legend

Ted Rhodes

The smoothest swing of golf's segregated era.

Hometown

Nashville, TN

The Story

Ted Rhodes won some 150 events on the Black UGA circuit and litigated against the PGA's color line — a generation too early to get the career he deserved.

Achievements

◆Star of the United Golfers Association circuit
◆Sued the PGA over the Caucasian-only clause (1948)
◆Mentor to Charlie Sifford

Connections

Affiliated withUnited Golfers Association

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