April 2012 – Minority Golf Magazine

Tiger falls short of his own expectations at this year’s Masters.

April 9, 2012April 9, 2012Herschel Caldwell0

By Herschel Caldwell Tiger Woods arrived at Augusta National with a totally different set of expectations than when he left the course on Sunday afternoon. A 74 on Sunday put Woods at 5-over 293 for the Masters, which was his worst four-round score since he posted the same number as a first-time amateur way back in 1995. He shot a 291 in 2007, but that was good enough for second that year, when it was windy and bitterly cold. When he left the course Sunday, he was tied for 41st, the same spot he finished in 1995. He seemed honest… Read More »

Bubba Watson Wins the 2012 Masters Tournament

April 9, 2012Herschel Caldwell1

By Herschel Caldwell There is an old adage in sports that says: “There is no room on the score card for descriptions.” It only matters that you scored higher in most sports or lower in golf to win. In golf it only counts if you win and then your name goes in the record books. Second place gets you a nice check, pat on the back and they say thanks for coming. Bubba Watson made four birdies when he needed them to tie the lead at this year’s Masters and a masterful (excuse the pun) recovery shot on the second… Read More »

Cancer Claims Past Women’s Committee Chairman Barbara Douglas

April 7, 2012Herschel Caldwell2

Winner of 2011 Ben Hogan Award was first minority to chair USGA Women’s Committee By Rhonda Glenn, USGA January 27, 2012 Barbara Douglas, the first minority chairman of the USGA Women’s Committee and the recipient of the 2011 Ben Hogan Award from the Golf Writers Association of America, succumbed to cancer at the age of 69. (Jeff Noble/USGA) Douglas was diagnosed with stage-4 ovarian cancer in March 2009, just one month after she was appointed Women’s Committee chairman, a dream come true after her 16 years of service as a committee member. Despite the disabling effects of treatment, which included chemotherapy, Douglas… Read More »

Sun Young Yoo -9, Rolex Rankings No. 21 *Won in a playoff

April 3, 2012Herschel Caldwell1

Kraft Nabisco Championship Mission Hills Country Club Rancho Mirage, Calif. The 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship ended in dramatic fashion with Sun Young Yoo beating out I.K. Kim in a one-hole playoff for her second career victory and first major championship. After I.K. Kim missed a one-foot par putt on the 18th hole to force a two-player playoff, Yoo hit her approach shot to 20-feet on the first playoff hole and sank the birdie putt to clinch what seemed to be an improbable victory at the season’s first major championship. Yoo shot a final-round 69 to put herself in position… Read More »

Gregory, Stills, Woodard Inducted Into National Black Golf Hall of Fame

April 2, 2012April 3, 2012Herschel Caldwell0

By Rhonda Glenn Adrian Stills, Ann Gregory and Tom Woodard were inducted into the National Black Golf Hall of Fame in Tampa, Fla., on March 10. Pictured from left to right are Stills, JoAnn Gregory Overstreet (daughter of the late Ann Gregory) and Woodard. (Courtesy EyeSeeImages and National Black Golf Hall of Fame). Tampa, Fla. – Two former PGA Tour players and the runner-up in a USGA national championship who helped break segregation barriers were inducted Saturday into the National Black Golf Hall of Fame. Adrian Stills of Pensacola, Fla., Tom Woodard of Littleton, Colo., and the late Ann Gregory… Read More »