Bill Wright, Who Broke a Color Barrier in Golf, Dies at 84
Bill Wright, Who Broke a Color Barrier in Golf, Dies at 84 In 1959, decades before Tiger Woods, Wright became the first Black golfer to win a United States Golf Association event. Bill Wright in the Amateur Public Links Championship in Denver in 1959. His victory there was a singular moment for Black golfers at a time when the P.G.A. bylaws still had a “Caucasians-only” clause.Credit...Denver Post, via Getty Images Feb. 25, 2021 Bill Wright, the first Black competitor to win a United States Golf Association event in an era when African-Americans were not welcome either in segregated count...
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