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

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 ...

Jim Dent – the Augustan who caddied at the Augusta National Golf Club before embarking on his own successful pro career – has ...

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.'' Senior Tour star ...

PGA TOUR Champions President Miller Brady paid tribute, saying: "A lot of people will remember Jim Dent for how far he hit the ball, and he really did. Yet his long-term success, especially on our ...

the world’s foremost private club funding a municipal golf project, for a property affectionately called “The Patch,” with ties to Augusta Tech and The First Tee. Affordability and ...

Dent also stayed busy, picking up bags at Augusta Country Club for the members there. But it was at Augusta Municipal Golf Course where Dent, under the watchful eye of Lawson “Red” Douglas ...

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 ...

“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.'' Dent stood 6-3, 225 ...