From the archive· August 20, 1967
Charlie Sifford
On 20 August 1967 at Wethersfield Country Club, Charlie Sifford shot a final-round 64 to win the Greater Hartford Open by a stroke — the first Black golfer ever to win a PGA Tour event. He was forty-five, and he had waited most of his life. Golf's "Caucasian-only" clause had locked him out until 1961; when it fell he walked into galleries that hurled slurs and phone lines that carried death threats. His reply before one threatened round: be ready at 9:20, because that's when I'll be on the first tee. He played, and years later he won — the lowest round in the field, on his own terms.