"African American Golfers Hall of Fame - Legends"

2013 - 2016

AAGHOF 2013 Member
Paula Pearson-Tucker, Miami, FL

2013 Leadership Awardees
Alvin Brown, Mayor, Jacksonville, FL
*U.S. Congressmen Alcee Lamar Hastings, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Emanuel Cleaver, II, Kansas City, KS

2013 Pioneer of the Year
*Alfred “Rabbit” Dyer, St. Augustine, FL

2013 Inaugural Corporate Awardees
Baptist Hospital of Miami & Bahamas Air

2013 Legacy Awardee
John McDaniel, Esq., Washington, DC

2013 College Coach of the Year
Loritz “Scooter” Clark, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona, FL

2013 Journalist of the Year
*Tim Rosaforte, Jupiter, FL

2013 Golf Administrator of the Year
Geoff Bryant, United Golf Teachers Federation

2013 Founders Awardees
Willie Jones, Miami, FL; Ella Morehead, St. Petersburg, FL; Maurice Wallace, Irmo, SC;
Leonard Wilson, Sr., Vero Beach, FL & Clewis Wright, Jr., Hastings, FL

2013 Trailblazer
Scott Walker, Orlando, FL

AAGHOF 2014 Member
Oneda Maryon Castillo, LPGA, Fayetteville, GA

2014 Leadership Awardees
Loretta Kirk-Adair, National President, Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Juliette B. Bell, Ph.D., President, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD
Priscilla A. Taylor, Mayor, Palm Beach County, FL

2014 Inaugural Wife & Husband Golfers Award
Nathaniel H. & Martha R. Clark, Boynton Beach, FL

2014 Publisher of the Year
Raymond Eric Taranto, Eastern Shore Golf Magazine

2014 University Golf Coach of the Year
Gary Grandinson, D.S.M., Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL

2014 Legacy Awardee
Ida Lee “Peggy” Ownens, Detroit, MI

2014 Trailblazer
Donnie “Don” Wallace, PGA Tour Operations, Jeanerette, LA

2014 Founders Awardee
Robert C. Saffold, Sebring, FL

AAGHOF 2015 Member

Sherri Lanethia Pla, PGA, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

2015 College Coach of the Year

Andre Springs, Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC

2015 Golf Coach of the Year

Dante’ DeGrate, Houston, Texas

2015 Founder’s Awardees

Rajan Krishnasamy, West Palm Beach, FL
Dr. Vikash Salig, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
The Ridgewood Ladies Golf Club, Columbia, South Carolina
The Sophisticated Gents, The Villages, FL

2015 Inaugural Television Golf Commentator Award

Richard Lerner, Maitland, FL

AAGHOF 2016 Member

Robin Tammi Aikens, LPGA, The Robin Aikens Golf Academy, Gary, IND
Addie Fripp Cobb, USGTF, Founder & Executive Director, Addie Cobb Golf Academy, Inc., Valdosta, GA

Trailblazer Awards

Willie J. Blakeney, Jr., Marlton Golf Club, Upper Marlboro, MD
Vann B. Jones, Marlton Golf Club, Upper Marlboro, MD
Henry C. Turner, Jr., Marlton Golf Club, Upper Marlboro, MD

Pathfinder Awards

Ashaunta Antoinette Epps, CEO/Founder, A Perfect Swing, Inc., Charlotte, NC
Charles Lightfoot, Founder, Brooklyn Junior Autistic Golfers Academy, Brooklyn, NY
Keith “Fig” Newton, Director of Tournament Operations, PGA TOUR Champions

Leadership Award

Sheryl J. Wilkerson, Past President, Executive Women’s Golf Association

Inaugural Special AAGHOF Founders Awards

Aetna African American History Calendar
Cobb’s Creek Golf Club, Philadelphia, PA

*Deceased

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