Debert Cook
Class of 2025Publisher of African American Golfer's Digest.
October 2 & 3, 2026 · Historic Clearview Golf Course
Two powerful legacies. One unforgettable celebration.
October 2 & 3, 2026 · Historic Clearview Golf Course
Two powerful legacies. One unforgettable celebration.
Since 1986
Harold Dunovant founded this Hall because the contributions of Black golfers were going unrecorded. What follows is that record: every class from the inaugural induction in 1986 forward, players, builders, organisations and locations.
Publisher of African American Golfer's Digest.
Chief executive of Cooper Consulting and a member of the Hall.
Class of 2025.
Scotch Plains, New Jersey. The first Black-owned country club in America.
United States Congressman, South Carolina.
Philadelphia. A proving ground for generations of Black players.
Former chief executive of the World Golf Foundation.
Son of William Powell. Runs Clearview with his sister Renee.
Father and first teacher of Tiger Woods.
Washington DC. Built in 1939 when Black golfers were barred from the city's other courses.
The first Black woman to play in a USGA championship.
PGA professional and NBGHF member.
PGA professional and NBGHF member.
Chief executive of The Grass Ceiling.
Author of Uneven Lies, the definitive history of African Americans in golf.
Tampa, Florida. Inducted in the category of Organizations and Locations.
Wimbledon and US Open champion who broke the LPGA colour line in 1964.
One of the first Black women to play the LPGA Tour. Runs Clearview today.
Longtime head golf coach at Jackson State University.
Built Clearview Golf Club by hand in 1946, the only course in America designed, built and owned by a Black man.
Longtime board member and advisor. Ran the Rogers Park history interviews.
Founded this Hall in 1986. The first Black graduate of the PGA Business School.
Founded the NAACP's Beverly Hills-Hollywood golf committee and desegregated Los Angeles public courses.
Nine major championships. Recognised for opening the game across colour lines.
Broke baseball's colour line and pushed golf to follow.
First Black player to win a USGA championship, the 1959 Amateur Public Links.
First Black golfer to play the Masters, 1975.
Heavyweight champion who forced the integration of a PGA event in 1952.
Seven major championships. Inaugural class, 1986.
Twelve PGA TOUR wins, more than any Black player before Tiger Woods.
Joe Louis's teacher and one of the finest players of the segregated era.
Played the second US Open in 1896. The first American-born professional.
First Black player on the PGA TOUR. Won the Greater Hartford Open in 1967 and the Los Angeles Open in 1969.
Fought the PGA's caucasian-only clause and helped force its repeal.
This record was rebuilt from the Hall’s own printed history and from the papers its members have kept. It is not complete, and some spellings may be wrong. If you can add a photograph, a date, a correction or a story, send it and we will put it in.
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