The game of golf has evolved tremendously over the years, especially for minorities.
What You Need To Know
- The brand was founded by NBA superstar Stephen Curry
- This is the final stop on this tour before the championships in San Francisco
- Minorities account for less than 20% of pro golfers
Research shows that they make up for less than 20 percent of players.
“Where I live, there’s not that many black and brown golfers,” junior golfer Hope Hall told Bay news 9’s Katya Guillaume.
The culture is changing and evolving with golf tours and tournaments like the Underrated Golf Tour.
Hall said, “I really appreciate being invited to this tournament and being around so many other minority golfers, it’s like a great experience and we’ve all become really close so it’s been really fun.”
Underrated Golf is dedicated to forging a path for minority junior golfers like Hall and Tori Mouton who fell in love with this sport at a young age.
Mouton continued to say, “It’s just made the tour more fun. I’ve never had an experience like this and seeing so many black and brown faces has been amazing.”
The brand was founded by NBA superstar Stephen Curry.
The golf tour is in its inaugural season, with stops at different courses in several cities including the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort, a course owned by Black Entertainment Television’s co-founder Sheila Johnson.
Johnson told Spectrum Sports, “I have owned this place for 17-18 years now and I have always dreamed of having an event like this that really reaches out to the young people.”
She is truly a role model to these players.
“Part of my Philanthropy is really” Johnson continued, “I call it hitting the double bottom line. Really being able to reach out to the community and bring them up.”
Hall said, “It’s just really great to see the fruits of another black women’s labor be used to support other minorities and it’s just really special to have such a successful black woman, her course, her property be used for something like this.”
Players say the opportunities that this tour is giving to minority golfers is something they feel like they’ve never gotten before and an experience that’s unmatched.
Mouton added, “In Florida, especially I don’t get to see that very often and it’s just amazing because even on the tours you don’t see that, and seeing the game grow the way it is, is amazing and it started with Tiger and it’s just gonna continue growing which is awesome.”
Hall finished by saying, “Honestly, the experience that I got and that I continue to get out of this tour is just something that winning itself will never be able to bring. It’s just such a joy and comfort in this tour that winning just wouldn’t be able to compete with.”
This is the final stop on this tour before the championships in San Francisco where they will play in front of Steph himself.
The top 24 players, 12 boys, and 12 girls will make that trip.
A tour like this, reassures kids that they too can play golf at the next level. Hope is committed to playing golf at Dartmouth in the fall. Organizers tell Spectrum Sports that she will be the university’s first African American golfer.
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