Greg Ball – Minority Golf Magazine

Orlando’s Willie Mack III and Oveido’s Kamaiu Johnson set to tee off at APGA’s Billy Horschel Invitational

October 13, 2026Greg Ball0

Presented by Cisco, Monday, October 19 – Wednesday, October 21 at Evermore Resort’s Cypress Course in Orlando. Advocates Professional Golf Association stars with PGA TOUR experience lead 21-player showcase The 21-player field features 19 APGA Tour professionals, including five of the seven golfers who have won APGA tournaments this year – led by Orlando resident Willie Mack III, a three-time champion in 2026 – and invited collegiate golfers Awesome Burnett (Central Michigan University junior) and Nicholas Canales (University of Central Oklahoma senior). Founded in 2010, the Advocates Professional Golf Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring an inclusive future… Read More »

APGA Farmers Insurance® Fall Series introduces three new tournaments, expanding 2026 APGA Tour schedule to 15 events

August 19, 2026Greg Ball0

The series will feature full-field events in the Palm Springs area, Long Beach and Dallas, and is open to APGA Tour members as well as pros outside the APGA LOS ANGELES (August 12, 2026) – The Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA) Tour, in conjunction with Farmers Insurance, today announced the return of the APGA Farmers Insurance Fall Series, featuring three new tournaments that will expand the 2026 APGA Tour schedule to 15 events. The tournaments include: APGA at Mission Hills: September 14-16 at Mission Hills Country Club – Pete Dye Challenge Course in Rancho Mirage, California APGA at El Dorado: September… Read More »

Marcus Byrd continues mastery of APGA at TPC Deere Run and captures his 11th APGA Tour triumph in return to Quad Cities region

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026Greg Ball0

SILVIS, Illinois (July 16, 2026) – As far as winning professional golf tournaments at TPC Deere Run goes, Marcus Byrd’s name has become as synonymous as anyone who has ever won at the Illinois course. Familiarity with the D.A. Weibring-designed course and his local guest caddie fueled Byrd with yet another happy return to the Quad Cities region, as his 4-under-par 67 in Thursday’s final round of the 2026 APGA (Advocates Professional Golf Association) at TPC Deere Run paced him to a four-stroke victory. The 2025 APGA Tour Jeff Daily Player of the Year Award winner compiled an overall 10-under 203 (67-69-67)… Read More »

APGA Farmers Insurance® Fall Series Returns for Year Five with Three Golf Tournaments, Highlighting the Final Stretch of the 2025 APGA Tour Schedule

September 24, 2025Greg Ball0

The fifth edition of the APGA tournament series travels to Las Vegas, St. Louis and Southern California, providing further player development opportunities for APGA professional golfers, and will feature the APGA’s best golfers competing for a combined $100,000 in prize money, The Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA), in conjunction with Farmers Insurance, today announced the return of the fifth-annual APGA Farmers Insurance Fall Series, a collection of three of the remaining five tournaments on the 2025 APGA Tour schedule. Born in 2021, the APGA Farmers Insurance Fall Series was created, largely, to extend professional development opportunities for APGA golfers to… Read More »

Argentina’s Jaime Lopez Rivarola captures his second APGA Tour victory at APGA at TPC San Antonio

March 13, 2025Greg Ball0

The Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA) Tour had its second international winner in the first three events of the 2025 season Wednesday, as Argentine Jaime Lopez Rivarola, a University of Georgia golf product, carded a 4-under-par 68 to win the APGA at TPC San Antonio by two strokes. A Buenos Aires native who moved to the United States at 18 to play golf at the University of Georgia and resides in Alpharetta, Ga., Rivarola hoisted his second APGA Tour title in as many years. As an APGA rookie last year, he won the 2024 Cisco Black History Month Classic at… Read More »

Chase Johnson wins Cisco APGA Black History Month Classic

February 20, 2025Greg Ball0

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (February 20, 2025) – Chase Johnson carded a 2-under-par 68 under cold and challenging conditions Wednesday in the final round of the Cisco APGA Black History Month Classic, rolling to a one-stroke victory in the second tournament of the 2025 Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA) Tour season. Johnson shot 67-68—-135 (-5) in the 36-hole tournament to edge Marcus Byrd by one stroke at TPC Sawgrass Dye’s Valley Course. Johnson came out on top of the 54-player field in the $25,000 tournament played Tuesday and Wednesday, taking home the $7,500 winner’s check. Johnson, a West Palm Beach… Read More »

Avocates Professional Golf Association (APGA Tour)Names Solomon Hughes Chief Operating Officer

January 24, 2025January 24, 2025Greg Ball0

Golf Industry Veteran to Lead the Organization’s Growth, Alongside APGA Co-Founder and Board Chairman Ken Bentley LOS ANGELES (January 23, 2025) – Officials from the Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA) Tour, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering African American and other diverse golfers to excel in professional golf, announced today that golf industry veteran Solomon Hughes has been hired as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Hughes joins the APGA from Intersport, where he served as Director of Marketing and Development. During his tenure, the Ohio native was responsible for the growth and success of THE JOHN SHIPPEN, a pre-eminent black… Read More »

Eighteen Minority Professional Golfers Set for 2025 APGA Tour Farmers Insurance® Invitational at Torrey Pines

January 23, 2025Greg Ball0

If you live near Southern California, treat yourself to a weekend of great golf by watching these APGA Players of color compete on one of the greatest venues on the PGA Tour. ed. Sixth-annual event set for Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, January 26 at Torrey Pines Golf Course; Invitational will take place in conjunction with the PGA TOUR’s Farmers Insurance Open® and air on Golf Channel Media Contacts APGA Tour and Farmers Insurance Greg Ball BZA Gregb@bzapr.com Officials from the Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA) Tour, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering African American and other diverse golfers to… Read More »