Her Story
The African American woman golfer has played a definitive role in the game of golf in America. Yet, HER STORY has been omitted in the annals of HIS STORY. The following excerpts are evidence that the African American woman golfer has a story to be told.
ThE Featured Decade: 2000
2000 - Nakia Davis, FUTURES Tour Golf Professional
2000 - Darlene Stowers, FUTURES Tour Golf Professional
2001 - Jean Miller Colbert wins her 15th Wake Robin Golf Club Championship
2001 - Renee Fluker creates the Midnight Golf Program to save young people from becoming victims of the streets
2001 - LaRee Pearl Sugg, LPGA Golf Professional
2001 - The Clearview Golf Club is placed on the National Register of Historic Places
2002- Dara Broadus, FUTURES Tour Golf Professional
2002 - Vanessa Brockett, 15 years old, wins the Los Angeles City Women's Championship
2003 - The first issue of The African American Golfer's Digest is published by Debert Cook
2003 - Renee Powell is honored by the Professional Golf Association with the PGA 'First Lady of Golf' Award
2003 - The Maggie Hathaway Golf Course becomes a sanctioned "First Tee" facility
2004 - The African American Golfers Hall of Fame is established
2004 - Althea Gibson's biography is published posthumously - Born to Win: The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson
2004 - Addie Cobbs earns the United States Golf Federation Teaching Certification
2004 - Paula Pearson-Tucker, FUTURES Tour Golf Professional
2004 - Kimberly Brown, Yale graduate is accepted as a U.S.G.A research intern
2005 - Naomi Mitchell, 5 years old, finished in second place at the U.S. Kids Golf World Championships Qualifier in Richmond, VA
2005 - Althea Gibson is finally recognized as a golfer of note and is inducted into the African American Golfers Hall of Fame, posthumously
2005 - Felicia Brown is a big Break contestant on the Golf Channel
2006 - Ann Gregory is inducted posthumously, in the African American Golfers Hall of Fame
2006 - Naomi Mitchell, 6 years old wins the first place trophy at the U.S. Kids Golf World Championships Qualifier in Richmond, VA
2006 - Andia Winslow receives a sponsor's exemption to play in the Ginns LPGA Open
2006 - Wendy Boyd receives the LPGA Teaching Club Professional certification
2007 - Althea Gibson is inducted into the National Black Golf Hall of Fame, posthumously
2007 - The Wake Robin Golf Club celebrates its 70th year anniversary
2007 - The Chicago Women's Golf Club celebrates its 70th anniversary
2007 - Barbara Douglas is named Vice-President of U.S.G.A. Women's Committee
2007 - Bria Sanders, 11 years old, is selected to the Tiger Woods Foundation National Junior Golf Team for the 5th year
2007 - Sheila Johnson Newman purchases the Innisbrook PGA Championship Golf & Resort Facility, Tampa, FL
2008 - Naomi Mitchell, 8 years old, is selected for the Tiger Woods Foundation Junior Golf Team
2008 - Bria Sanders, 12 years old, is named the Tennessee Player of the Year
2008 - Barbara Douglas is the first African American to chair the U.S.G.A. Women's Committee
2008 - Zakiya Randall receives the United States Congressional Recognition Award
2008 - Renee Powell receives an honorary Doctorate of law degree conferred by St. Andrews University of Scotland
2008 - Zakiya Randall, 17 years old, qualifies to play on the Duramed FUTURES tour
2008 - Rachel Menidez, First Tee instructor at East Lake Golf Course in Atlanta, is a contestant on Big Break Michigan on the Golf Channel
2009 - Loretta Lyttle qualifies to play on the Duramed FUTURES Tour
2009 - Tierra Manigault is on the Duramed FUTURES Tour roster
2009 - Paula Pearson-Tucker maintains her spot on the Duramed FUTURES Tour
2009 - The African American Golfer's Digest, published by Debert Cook, receives the PGA of America Diverse Supplier's Award