Did you know who was the first black golfer to make it to the hall of fame?

Did you know who was the first black golfer to play the PGA and the first to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame? 

That would be Charlie Sifford, as a African-American he broke barriers all his life. 

Did you know that in 1947 planned his footsteps and began to compete in golf?

Did you know with out  Sifford who opened professional golf to blacks more than four decades ago, Tiger Woods would probably not have been able to make his own impact on the golfing world?

Did you know that Sifford won the National Negro Open five straight times from 1952-1956?

Did you know that despite pushing golf's color boundaries, he did he earn a PGA player card until 1960, and he was 39?

Did you know that in 1961 pressure from the California attorney general, forced the PGA of America, which then ran the Tour, dropped its "Caucasian only" membership clause?

Did you know that he twice won on the PGA Tour, at the 1967 Greater Hartford Open and the 1969 Los Angeles Open?

Did you know that Sifford, won the 1975 PGA Seniors' Championship, went on to become an original member of the Champions Tour, where he won the Suntree Classic?

Now if you didn't know, now you know...

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