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.
Charlie Sifford, shown in 1957, later became the first Black golfer to earn membership in the PGA. Sifford broke color barrier in professional golf in 1961.Did our AI help? Share your thoughts.
The two-time NBA MVP, who is also an exceptional and ardent golfer, will be given the Charlie Sifford Award in recognition of his efforts to advance diversity in golf, including. And it is timely and significant that the award is named for the man who broke the color barrier in professional golf. columnist Jim Murray to refer to the organization as the “recreational arm of the Ku Klux Klan.” Those efforts, which included a 1948 lawsuit, went nowhere until Mosk, who met Sifford by chance at a Los Angeles country club in 1959, threatened to sue the PGA and prevent the organization from holding tournaments in California.
Thanks to Mosk’s pressure and Sifford’s persistence, the PGA membership eliminated what Mosk called “this obnoxious restriction” in November 1961, a year after it had voted by a 4-1 margin to keep the clause in its constitution. Sifford, who won his first PGA tournament in 1967, was soon joined by Brown on the tour.
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