Hornets' Paul adds golf to rsum in offseason Sep 15, 2009
" Paul's tournament has drawn players old and young from the NBA, including Heat guard Dwyane Wade, Golden State rookie Stephen Curry, former Hornets guard and current NBA-TV analyst Steve Smith, Clippers and ex-Hornets guard Rasual Butler, Nuggets and ex-Hornets guard J.R. Smith, Spurs guard Roger Mason Jr., TNT analyst Kenny Smith, Basketball Hall of Famers George Gervin and Moses Malone, in addition to several of Paul's current Hornets teammates. Golf's Lee Elder also is scheduled to... (Nola.com -- Sports)
7 players' season to continue Sep 8, 2009
San Francisco Giants scout Lee Elder attended the game, and Loberg's outing, his second on the mound this season, didn't look good on paper. He surrendered three earned runs on three hits and retired only one batter before leaving with pain in his elbow. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Reaching out Jul 2, 2009
There's a picture of Lee Elder - the first African-American to play in The Masters. And one of Jim Thorpe - one of two active black players on the Champions Tour, the PGA Tour's circuit for players age 50 and above. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Glover lends his glow Jun 25, 2009
Charlotte native Charlie Sifford, the Jackie Robinson of major league golf, won there in the 1967 Hartford Open -- eight years before Tiger Woods was born and Lee Elder played in the Masters. At age 45, Sifford shot a 64 during the final round to punctuate the historic day. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Former golf greats still have drive at Rex Open May 27, 2009
Also in the field was Lee Elder. "These four or five events we play in each year gives us old guys a chance to get together and see each other, travel and play golf," Littler said. (News & Observer -- Sports)
This year marks final Masters for Gary Player (12) Apr 12, 2009
Seeing the first African-American, Lee Elder, finally get to play here was truly a highlight to now watching the wonderful young stars dominating the game, he said. Four young South African stars greeted Player at the completion of his final round. (Brenham Banner, TX)
Tiger still the 1 as in, the only black pro golfer Apr 2, 2009
There were eight black players on tour in 1975, the year Lee Elder was the first black golfer in the Masters and the year Woods was born. Now there is only Tiger. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Sifford inspires as more blacks sought in pro golf ranks Feb 18, 2009
Pete Brown became the first black man to win a PGA Tour event in 1964, and Lee Elder became the first black man to play in The Masters in 1975. "If we're going to increase our base," McDaniel said, "we're going to have to do it ourselves.". (USA Today -- Sports)
Documentary details how black golfers played despite 'Uneven Fairways' (Today) Feb 11, 2009
Hosted by actor and avid golfer Samuel L. Jackson, the film includes Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Lee Elder, the first African-American to play in The Masters, in 1975. Other notables are Charlie Sifford, the first African-American member of the PGA; Bill Spiller, a top African-American golfer of the 1940s and '50s; Ted Rhodes, who won 150 tournaments on the UGA Tour; Renee Powell, a female golfer whose father opened one of the only African-American-owned golf courses in the... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
