Charlie Sifford

June 2, 1922 - Feb 3, 2015

    Charlie Sifford caddied for white golf players in 

    Charlotte NC. In order to learn how to play golf, 

    Charlie Sifford had to sneak onto the course after 

    it was closed. He never had lessons, but he taught 

    himself and came to love the game of golf.

    Charlie Sifford was considered the Jackie Robinson 

    of golf when he broke the game's stringent color 

    barrier in 1961 by becoming the first black athlete 

    to compete on the PGA tour.

    In 2004 Sifford was inducted into the World Golf 

    Hall of Fame, and in 2014 President Obama awarded

    him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

   Rabbi Andrew Klein