Month: December 2010

A quarter-century later, Bramlett breaks down barrier By Brian Wacker  |  PGATOUR.com WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — More than a decade after Tiger Woods became the first African American to win the Masters, another black golfer with mixed race parents who learned the game by emulating the swing of his father in a mirror and later matriculated at Stanford University cut his own little slice of history. Monday, Joseph Bramlett became the first African American in 25 years to successfully advance through the final stage of q-school to earn a PGA TOUR card for 2011. He also becomes the first African… Read More »