"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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