The first black man to play in the Masters Tournament was Lee Elder, in 1975.
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∙ 8y agoCharlie Sifford was the first African American to not only play in the PGA Tour, but also the first African American to win it.
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∙ 12y agoHistory has not recorded the first African American who played golf. However, the first African American to receive full Professional Golf Association status was Charlie Sifford in 1960.
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World Golf Tour happened in 2008.
World Golf Tour was created in 2008.
Charlie Sifford was instrumental in ending segregation in the Professional Golfer's Association of America. He was also the first African American inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Japan Golf Tour was created in 1973.
Althea Gibson was the first African American ever to play in the U.S. Open. In 1956, she became the first African American to win a Grand Slam event, the clay surface French Open. She became the first African American to win a women's title at the U.S. Open in 1957 and repeated her victory in 1958. Althea Gibson also was the first African American to win the All-England Lawn Tennis Women's Singles Championship at Wimbledon in 1957 and repeated in 1958. After retiring from tennis, she became the first African-American woman to earn her card in the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), in 1964.
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Ladies Asian Golf Tour was created in 2005.
Canadian Professional Golf Tour was created in 1970.