Editor's note: This story will appear in the Oct. 19 issue of Golfweek.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – To those who say the PGA Tour lacks color, meet rookie Harold Varner III, the first black player to earn a Tour card on the Web.com Tour. By virtue of finishing 25th on the regular-season money list, he joins Tiger Woods and doubles the number of blacks on Tour. But Varner, 25, said he was raised color blind and his stock response to such inquiries about golf and race is to declare that he doesn’t want to be the best black golfer; he just wants to be the best golfer.