PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Tiger Woods said during his news conference Tuesday that Calvin Peete and Pete Brown were part of a generation of African-American players he wished he had gotten to know better.
Peete, the most successful black PGA Tour player before the arrival of Woods, died last week at 71. Pete Brown, another pioneer of color on Tour, also died last week at 80. Brown was the first black man to win a PGA Tour event. He made history winning the Waco Turner Open in 1964, three years after Charlie Sifford broke the color barrier.