'I’ve never been asked about being a Black golfer until I got on the PGA Tour'

A quarter-century removed from Tiger Woods’ historic first Masters victory, there are still far too few Black players in golf’s pipeline. A sport that long discriminated against people of colour still has an awful long ways to go to get more of them on the course.
'I’ve never been asked about being a Black golfer until I got on the PGA Tour'

Harold Varner III lines up a putt on the 18th green during the second round of The Masters

The only colour Harold Varner III was focused on at his first Masters was red.

And maybe, if he let his mind wander just a bit, there was a thought of green.

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