11. When he won the Masters tournament in Augusta, Ga., Tiger Woods immediately thanked black golfers like Lee Elder who had made straight his path. 12. Which means he is a role model to Lee Elder and Charlie Sifford, the pioneer black golfers? 13. Woods is an Afro-Asian-American at an event in which just three black golfers have played. 14. Woods said he saw Elder on the course and realized what Elder and his generation of black golfers had done for him. 15. Rae took the two young black golfers under his wing. 16. But he added that helping young black golfers is a special interest of his, since he sometimes feels like an outsider on the PGA circuit himself. 17. Others can get an idea of the struggles and victories of black golfers through the years in a book by Pete McDaniel, senior writer for Golf Digest. 18. She also is writing a book about her father to fill in the gap about black golfers. 19. The boycott faded and the black golfer, John Shippen, wound up tied for sixth. 20. We also have pictures of black golfers on a makeshift course in a township near Cape Town. |