PETE BROWN, THE FIRST BLACK GOLFER to win on the PGA Tour died last Friday, just two days after Calvin Peete passed away. With a dozen tour wins, including the 1985 Players Championship, Peete was the winningest African American player until Tiger Woods came along.
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In his Tuesday media conference at TPC Sawgrass, Tiger talked about the black pioneers and also why he thinks there are few African Americans playing the tours today. (The following quotes from Tiger are via Randell Mell of GolfChannel.