Happy Friday POU! Today we honor the rebel that forced the PGA to change their rules. Bill Spiller Bill Spiller (October 25, 1913 – 1988) was born in Tishomingo, Oklahoma and moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma as a nine-year-old to live with his father where he quickly learned the drawbacks of being black in America. Spiller wore his indignation about race on his sleeve. He was also … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African Americans and Golf History
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Wednesday Open Thread: African Americans and Golf History
Happy Hump Day Obots! Today we pay tribute to golfing legend John Shippen. Born in Long Island, New York in 1879, John Shippen was the fourth of nine children of John, Sr., and Eliza Spotswood Shippen. His father, a Presbyterian minister, held a degree in theology from Howard University. One of his father’s early assignments was pastor of a church on the Shinnecock Indian … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African Americans and Golf History
Tuesday Open Thread: African Americans and Golf History
Good Morning POU! George Adams, founder of the United Golf Association. This century, the name Tiger Woods is a recognizable as the president of the United States and rightfully so. He is today’s main man of golf worldwide and he’s Black (regardless of what he calls himself). Yet nearly 150 years ago, in the late 1800’s after the Civil War, Black golfers played the game and … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African Americans and Golf History