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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
No - professional golfers still can't do that.
In fact, see this, the PGA even tried to bar use for a disabled golfer. |
Yeah I recall that lawsuit and it was about all I recalled about golf. I thought maybe the lawsuit resulted in requiring that the disabled golfer be able to use a cart, and so to be fair the PGA allowed everyone that option.
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Originally Posted by Daithi
I was stationed at Ft. Gordon in Augusta, GA from 1985 to 1988. The Army base raffles off a bunch of tickets, and I won a ticket to see them practice. So, I got to watch Fuzzy Zoeller practice. Actually, I got to watch a bunch of them practice, but he is the only one I recognized.
I believe in 1982 they got to use their own caddies. Before 1982 they had to use the club's caddies -- who were all black.
When I was there the Golf Club hadn't had any black members, but they do now. They still have never had a female member.
I also got to watch a Klan rally while I lived there, and far more people showed up to protest and boo the handful of shmucks who were marching.
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Ah memories. I was working at a place in Aiken, SC and lived in North Augusta from 1978 – 1981. I had no interest in golf so never paid any attention to the Golf Club or the tournament. I do recall several Klan rallies being publicized while I was there, but you are correct that it usually amounted to not much more than a handful of people in funny outfits and hats chanting about white rights. Or at least that is all I recall seeing from news reports. Not that racial prejudice had disappeared by any means, it was just more subtle.