Inside the Growing Golf Culture That's Bringing Us to the Green
Did you know that a Black man, Dr. George F. Grant, created the modern golf tee — that pronged piece you put in the ground to hit your ball off of? I didn't. Golfing, to me, has always felt like a rich man’s sport. Beyond the fame of notable Black golfers like Tiger Woods and Lee Elder, fully understanding how expansive the sport can be has always seemed out of reach.
An invitation to the fourth annual Urban Golf Weekend, held in Miami during the Labor Day holiday, opened my eyes not only to golf’s connection to the Black community, but also to how a new generation is taking up the sport and creating its own culture around it.
Clifton Addison, a Florida A&M University alum and avid golfer, founded the weekend and the Urban Golf Foundation to help make the golfing world more accessible for Black people. “I always felt like I was the only person who looked like me in the sport. I knew I wanted to do something to bring more people of color to golf.”
