NNPA NEWSWIRE — Sitting inside an office at PGA TOUR headquarters in Ponte Verde, Florida, and preparing to remember what would have been his father’s 100th birthday on June 2, Charlie Sifford recounted how much his late father, Dr. Charlie Sifford Jr., loved golf. He also remembered his father’s challenges trying to break into the sport during segregation and the Jim Crow era.

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