Author: Herschel Caldwell

The 2007 winner, Stephan Ames looks to make it a repeat like a few great SKINS GAMES champions before him. Notably Fred Couples who some would think he has a special ownership of the SKINS GAME trophy.

By Herschel Caldwell Anthony Kim and Camilo Villegas (kuh-MIHL’-oh vih-JAY’-guhs) are the latest of a half-dozen U.S. tour players who have decided to take up joint membership in Europe for the 2009 season. Kim, a 23-year-old American whose two PGA Tour victories helped propel him to Number 8 in the world rankings, paid the $3,280 membership fee that makes him eligible for the season-ending $10 million “Race to Dubai” for the top 60 players and the additional $10 million bonus pool. Villegas, a 26-year-old from Colombia, who won the final two playoff events in the FedEx Cup on the PGA… Read More »

The only African American “in the sterling field of Senior PGA Tour players…” at this year’s U.S. Senior Open. Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 30, 2008 -2008 represents a year of “first” in many areas of American life. For the first time in American history has a person of color as the presumptive Democratic Candidate for president of the United States.. Tiger Woods has already won the country’s greatest golf championship, the U.S. Open, and there is a very real possibility that another person of color could win the U.S. Senior Open in this “Year of Firsts.” We thought it appropriate… Read More »

Minority Golf & Sports Magazine will present a series of features detailing the historic accomplishments of golfers of color in the United States over the past one hundred years and beyond on the pages of minoritygolfmag.com. Additionally, we will feature a special section on the past decade of Tiger Woods. This series beginning today features eighteen articles produced by the Philadelphia Daily News. The series will be presented over the next several months and will conclude with Tiger’s thirteenth major title, the 2007 PGA Championship Redefiining the “perfect 10” – part two By Mike Kern, Philadelphia Daily News (Part one… Read More »

Tiger Woods’ Winning Streak Arnold Palmer Invitational: Tiger Woods sinks a 25-foot birdie on the 72nd hole to beat Bart Bryant at Bay Hill. Check out the photos of Woods’ amazing run, which started last fall. Tiger has tied the great Ben Hogan and two legends stand in front of him in the all-time PGA wins record book – Jack Nicklaus and Sam Snead.

MARANA, Ariz. (AP) — Tiger Woods still rules the world of golf, perhaps now more than ever. With a record-breaking victory in the Accenture Match Play Championship, Woods won his fifth straight tournament and captured his 15th World Golf Championship, holding all three world titles for the first time. Golf is not a fair fight at the moment. Stewart Cink found that out at Dove Mountain, where Woods overwhelmed him with 14 birdies in 29 holes for an 8-and-7 victory, the largest margin in the 10-year history of this tournament.

By Herschel V. Caldwell

Minority Golf & Sports Magazine will begin a series of features detailing the historic accomplishments of golfers of color in the United States over the past one hundred years and beyond on the pages of minoritygolfmag.com.