"African American Golfers Hall of Fame - Legends"

2021 - 2023

2021 Member

Jeremiah “Jerry” Bruner, Professional Golfer, Los Angeles, CA

2021 Founder’s Awardee

Rufus Miles Lewis, Former, SSAGA Junior Golf Program Chairman, Tampa, FL

2021 Leadership Awardee

Kazava “KZ” Smith, President, Cincinnati Coalition of Churches & Cincinatti Recreation Commission

2021 Pathfinder

APGA Tour, Los Angeles, CA

2022 African American Golfers Hall of Fame

2022 Member

Kendall Brandon Murphy, PGA

College Golf Coach of 2021-22

Kevin La Marr Jennings, Sr.

2022 Pioneer Award

Thomas L. Griffis, Sr.

2022 Trailblazer Awardees

Kevin Michael Hall & Malcolm Kirven

2022 Humanitarian Award

Joseph P. Steranka, Honorary PGA

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

Angela Y. Moody

“Outstanding Medical Malpractice Attorney & Community Servant”

Phyllis M. Gillespie, Esq.

2022 Founder’s Awardees

Stanley V. Campbell & David Hicks Hinton, III

2022 Founder’s Anniversary Award

Driving Force Women’s Golf Club, Montgomery, Alabama

Special 2022 Pioneer Award

Lucius Bateman, San Francisco Bay Area (Posthumously)

AAGHOF 2023 Member

Adrian Stills, APGA Tour Co-Founder, Pensacola, Florida

2023 Leadership Award

Dolores C. Crowley, President, Cincinnati Recreation Women’s Golf Association

Angela Adams Suggs, President & CEO, Florida Sports Foundation, Tallahassee, FL

2023 Golf Coach of the Year

Quincy L. Leonard, Founder, LEO GOLF Academy, Montgomery, Ala
Lindsey Mason, III, CEO & Founder, Mason Golf, Southfield, Michigan

2023 Golf Administrator of the Year

Mark N. Lowry, Founder & President, National Golf Player Development Foundation, Gilbert, AZ

2023 Humanitarian Award
Michael Antonyo Smith, Las Vegas, Nevada

2023 Legacy Award
Essie McGhee, Ed. D., Co-Founder, Driving Force Women’s Golf Club, Montgomery, Ala
Tiffany Nicole White, President, Ted Rhodes Foundation, Chicago, Illinois

2023 Pathfinder
Bruce Chandler Gilmore, Sr., Founding Member, B2DKG ENTERPRISES LLC, Vienna, Virginia

2023 Trailblazer Award
James R. Beatty, President, Jim Beatty Golf Ventures, Omaha, Nebraska

2023 Founder’s Award

Howard J. Bankhead, Executive Director, Par Excellence Youth Development, Huntsville, Alabama
Jason I. Malone, Midnight Golf Program, Detroit, Michigan
Demetrius Scott, Midnight Golf Program, Detroit, Michigan
Earl C. “Buddy” Leonhardt, Reaching Out For Kids, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (Posthumously)

AAGHOF 2024 Members

Alvin Craig Harper, PGA Tour, Long Beach , CA

Glenville Pratt, Nassau, Bahamas

2024 Leadership Award

Madeline A. Quintyne-McConney, North Babylon, NY

2024 Golf Historian

Jeffrey T. Sammons, Ph.D., Monmouth Beach, New Jersey

2024 Golf Administrator of the Year

Craig Kirby, Washington, DC

2024 Pioneer Award

Vernell E. Williams, Madison, Fla

2024 Pathfinder Award

Marsha G. Oliver, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla

2024 Trailblazer Award

Brandon Johnson, ASGCA, Sanford, Fla

2024 AAGHOF Wife & Husband Golfers Award

Tracy & Philip Raoul, Chicago, Illinois

2024 Founder’s Awardees

Arthur L. Johnson, Jacksonville, Fla; Major Robert McNeil; Cincinnati, Ohio; Par Four Golf Club, Inc, Pensacola, Fla;

Sisters Across America, Inc., Orlando, Fla; Southern Association of Amateur Golfers, Jackson, Miss

Palm Beach County Sports Commission Special Awards

Charles Johnson, Ft. Pierce, Fla – “Champion of Equity & Diversity in Sports”

Yvonne & Eddie Odom – “Community Sports Award”

*Deceased

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