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In our past series, "Black Pioneers of Golf," we featured Lee Elder, the first Black golfer to play the Masters (1975). Mr. Elder passed...
On July 18, 1896, a young Black man named John Matthew Shippen, Jr. emerged to become American's first Golf Professional.
One hundred and twenty-five years ago, John Shippen, America's first native-born golf professional, integrated the U.S. Open.