"Charlie Sifford was a pioneer in our sport, breaking down barriers and paving the way for everyone able to compete at the highest level to succeed on the PGA Tour," PGA Tour Commissioner Tim ...

Scott Fowler With golf club, cigar and cane, Charlotte’s Charlie Sifford pointed way toward progress By Scott Fowler - [email protected] Updated February 7, 2015 12:09 PM ...

— -- Charlie Sifford, who only wanted a chance to play and who broke the color barrier in golf as the first black PGA Tour member, died Tuesday night, the PGA of America said. Sifford, who ...

Charlie Sifford was the first Black player to get a PGA card, qualifying him for the professional golf tour. It came in 1961, a full decade after the color barrier had fallen in professional ...

In 2009, to honor Sifford, PGA and Northern Trust officials opened a spot in the annual tournament at Riviera for an up-and-coming area minority player. It is called the Charlie Sifford Exemption.

Charlie Sifford was banned from being a PGA member because of its Caucasian-only clause when he played the Rubber City Open in 1958 at Firestone. He was paired with an 18-year-old amateur from ...

Charlie Sifford, the first black golfer to hold a PGA Tour card, has died at age 92. Decades after he started in golf as a caddy, he was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Charlie Sifford, considered by many "the Jackie Robinson of professional golf," has died. Sifford, 92, lived in Shaker Heights. Born in North Carolina, Sifford helped desegregate the Professional ...

Charlie Sifford leveled the fairway for generations of athletes of all races, and an entire community beyond the sport he loves." To do so, he put up with death threats, slurs and insults, Obama said.

Photos of pioneering African American golfer Charlie Sifford, who died Tuesday at age 92. Autograph Card Of Charles Sifford In 1962 (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images) 17 Apr 1997: Charlie ...

— -- Charlie Sifford, who only wanted a chance to play and who broke the color barrier in golf as the first black PGA Tour member, died Tuesday night, the PGA of America said. Sifford, who ...

Charlie Sifford was the first Black player to get a PGA card, qualifying him for the professional golf tour. It came in 1961, a full decade after the color barrier had fallen in professional ...