Curry will be given the Charlie Sifford Award in recognition of his efforts to advance diversity in golf, which is reason to recall Sifford’s trailblazing role.

The inaugural recipient of the Charlie Sifford Award will be Renee Powell. “His hard-fought efforts paved the way for other minority golfers to pursue their career,” added Charles Sifford.

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

Charlie Sifford studies a shot in the 1995 FHP Health Classic. Charlie Sifford could be one ornery, old cuss. He could also be as engaging and self-deprecating as anyone.

When Charlie Sifford tried to play with the White golfers, he was told no. When he politely asked again after participating in events solely for Black players, he was on the receiving end of ...

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 ...

When Charlie Sifford tried to play with the White golfers, he was told no. When he politely asked again after participating in events solely for Black players, he was on the receiving end of ...

Maybe if Charlie Sifford ever forgets, the rest of us can never remember. “I was going to play golf, and the hell with everything else,” he says, and maybe that’s what we’re supposed to hear.

Charlie Sifford, who overcame death threats, heckling from spectators and sabotage on the course to become the first African American golfer on the PGA Tour in 1961 and who was often called the ...

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.

Charles Sifford, shown at a 2001 golf clinic in New York with Malik Lewter, 13. President John F. Kennedy established the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.