"African American Golfers Hall of Fame - Legends"

2017 - 2020

Members

Maulana Dotch, PGA/LPGA, Head Golf Professional, Cedar Crest Golf Course, Dallas, Texas
Theodore Ernest “Ernie” Els, PGA Member, Jupiter, FL
Ira A. McGraw, Jr., PGA, General Manager/Director of Golf, Cedar Crest Golf Course, Dallas, Texas
John Paul Walton, USGTF Teaching Professional, Charleston, SC

Trailblazer Awards

William Raymond “Bill” Neal, Owner & General Manager, Woodridge Golf Club, Mineral Wells, West Virginia

2017 Publisher Of The Year

Ramona Harriet, Publisher & Author, African American Golf Research Historian, Belleview, FL

Leadership Award

*Paul Hiram Farquharson, Ambassador to the United Kingdom (Retired), Nassau, Bahamas

Founder’s Awards

Allen J. “Frog” Wilson, Co-Founder, Tee Mac Golf, LLC, Baltimore, MD
Browns Mill Women’s Golf Association, Atlanta, GA

Philanthropy, Leadership, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Women’s Golf Award

Angela Y. Moody

Outstanding Medical Malpractice Attorney & Community Support

Phyllis M. Gillespie, Esq.

2018 African American Golfers Hall of Fame

Members

Daryl Dwayne Batey, PGA, Lilburn, GA & Malcolm S. Rhodes, PGA, Detroit, Michigan

Champion Golfers

Maxine Walker Bland, Clifton, VA & Kenny Larry, Augusta, GA

Pathfinder

Michael W. Cooper, Ph.D., Tampa, FL

Trailblazer

Damon Lateef Hack, Orlando, FL

Leadership Awardees

Joseph L. & Shirley A. Williams, Huntington, WV

Founders Awardees

Ronald M. Dumas, Cincinnati, Ohio;Fredrick H. Lightbourn, Nassau, Bahamas; Frederick R. Sturrup, J.P., Nassau, Bahamas

Special 2018 AAGHOF Founders Awards

Posthumously: Dr. Darryl J. Ceravolo, DDS, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

2019 African American Golfers Hall of Fame

Members

Mackenzie Mack, LPGA, PGA & MBA, Western Regional Director, Tennessee Golf Foundation &

Associate Executive Director, First Tee of Tennessee in Memphis

Mark Davis Rodgers, Head Golf Professional, Madison Green Country Club, Royal Palm Beach, FLA

Kenneth Sims, MBA, PGA, Vice President of Golf Operations, Tampa Sports Authority

Thomas Woodard, PGA Director of Golf, Foothills & Meadows Golf Courses, Littleton, CO

2019 Leadership Award

Kenneth Wayne Bentley, Retired Vice President, Nestle USA, Inc. & President, Advocates

Professional Golf Association Tour, Los Angeles, CA

“‘2019 College Golf Coach of the Year

Leonard Smoot, Jr., Head Golf Coach, Miles College, Fairfield, AL

2019 High School Golf Coach of the Year

Darrell Ray Washington, PMP, PMI-ACP, Golf Coach, Arabia Mountain High School, Lithonia, GA

2019 Humanitarian Award

Dr. Russell B. Stoch, President, Russell B. Stoch DMD, PA, Palm Beach Gardens, FLA

2019 Pathfinder

Kamille Linnell Ramos, Manager, Inclusion and Talent Acquisition, United States Golf Association, Liberty Corner, NJ

2019 Trailblazer

Herschel Valentine Caldwell, Founder, Minority Golf & Sports Magazine, Aurora, CO

2019 Founder’s Awardees

Melvin Ambrose Gouthro, Chairman, Northern Division, Bahamas Golf Federation

Victoria Kingdom, Retired PGA National Resort & Spa, Riviera Beach, FLA

Denzel Joseph Walker, Golf Professional, Orlando, FLA

2020 African American Golfers Hall of Fame

Members

Jesse Walker Allen, Professional Golfer, Jackson, MS

2020 Pathfinder

Craig Bently Bowen, Director of Diversity & Communication Engagement, Chicago Parks Golf
Alliance/President, Black College Golf Coaches Association

2020 Founder’s Awardee

Carolyn Suttles, Desert Mashie Golf Club, Goodyear, AZ

2020 High School Golf Coach of the Year

Joe Nathan Weems, Jr., Head Varsity Golf Coach, Charles R. Drew Charter Boys & Girls Team, Atlanta, GA

2020 Trailblazer

Robert “Bob” Williams, President/CEO, Golf Tournament Productions, Garner, NC

2020 Members Posthumously

Morris Stanley Alexander, Caddy Master & Professional Golfer, Lynchburg Oakland Country Club
Catan Starks, Ph.D., Former Head Men’s Golf Coach, Tennessee State University, Nashville Tenn

*Deceased

This list shall not be reproduced for publication unless authorized in writing by the Founder of the African American Golfers Hall Of Fame, Inc.

Skip to content