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Honing his skills on segregated courses, he became one of the few Black golfers in the pro ranks, following the lead of ...
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 ...
After the passing of a PGA Tour icon and legendary trailblazer, fellow sporting hero Gary Player led the tributes to the late ...
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, who has died aged 85, was one of the few black golfers to break through to the main American tour in the days when ...
Jim Dent, the sweet-swinging pro who died at 85 last week, was a large man with a gentle soul and a generous spirit.
Trailblazing Black golfer and Augusta native Jim Dent died on May 2 at age 85. He was recovering from a recent stroke.
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 ...
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.
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 ...