Jim Dent has died a week before his 86th birthday. Dent was one of the top Black golfers of his generation who won 12 times ...

Jim Dent, the sweet-swinging pro who died at 85 last week, was a large man with a gentle soul and a generous spirit.

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 became a legendary golfer across his 50-year professional career within the game and the 12-time PGA Tour Champions ...

Jim Dent, who has died aged 85, was one of the few black golfers to break through to the main American tour in the days when ...

Dent, who died May 2 in Augusta, at age 85, eventually put his entire game together, leading to a combined 40-year PGA TOUR-PGA TOUR Champions career. Jim Dent during the final round of the Bruno ...

To up his training, Dent moved west to Los Angeles, where many of the best Black players resided, and advanced under the tutelage of Johnny Goodman, renowned for being the last amateur to win the U.S.

After turning 50, he won 12 times on the PGA Tour Champions. Al Geiberger said after Dent shot 64 to win his first Champions event, “Jim Dent ought to be outlawed (for) the way he can hit the ...

Long-hitting Jim Dent, known as one of the best Black golfers of his era after going from the caddie yard at Augusta National Golf Club to winning a dozen times on PGA Tour Champions, died on May ...