AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Augusta Municipal Golf Course will be shutting down soon for extensive renovations. The golf ...

Jim Dent, who learned the game as a caddie and became one of the best Black golfers of his era, died on May 2, according to ...

The Augusta National-funded renovation of Augusta Municipal Golf Course — known as the Patch for the vegetable gardens that once abutted the property — was a surprise even to the facility's ...

Golfer Jim Dent, an Augusta native and Black golf pioneer, died at 85 after suffering a stroke. Dent caddied at Augusta ...

Honing his skills on segregated courses, he became one of the few Black golfers in the pro ranks, following the lead of ...

Jim Dent grew up in the caddie yards of Augusta, Georgia, eventually working at the Masters and honing his game at the municipal course known as “The Patch.” He went ...

Jim Dent, a pioneering Black golfer, one of the PGA Tour's longest hitters and a 12-time winner on what is now PGA Tour Champions, died at age 85 on Friday.

Just over two months ago, Jim Dent did an interview with NBC BLK in which he said he would never have become a pro golfer if he hadn’t first been among the Black caddie corps at Augusta National ...

“There was also Augusta Municipal Golf Course, where we could play,''Dent recalled. “And I had a friend of mine who would take me to Fort Gordon, an Army base with a good course.'' MAJOR ...