Charlie Sifford
Charlie Sifford
Charles Luther Siffordwas a professional golfer who was the first African American to play on the PGA Tour. He won the Greater Hartford Open in 1967 and the Los Angeles Open in 1969. He also won the United Golf Association's National Negro Open six times, and the PGA Seniors' Championship in 1975...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth2 June 1922
CountryUnited States of America
death love wonderful
Golf is such a wonderful game. I love it to death.
hall played
Man, I'm in the World Golf Hall of Fame. Don't forget that, now. I'm in the World Golf Hall of Fame with all the players. That little old golf I played was all right, wasn't it?
smile
I don't smile much, and I never laugh. If you'd been through what I've been through, you wouldn't be smiling, either.
changed maybe sports
Prejudice hasn't changed to this day, not in golf. Maybe in other sports.
playing strictly time
Every time I go into a tournament, I'm strictly on my own. I know I'm playing for my bread and butter.
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Tiger had the advantage of high school, college, and a father who knew golf. I was self-taught. Blacks really won't play golf in great numbers until some of these basketball and football stars buy some golf courses where blacks can play.
par picked school shoot took
When I'd get out of school in the afternoon, I would go to the golf course, and I just picked the game up. And when I was 13 years old, I could shoot 70 - even-par 71, one over par and then something like that. I just took a liking to the game.