Bill Spiller was forty-seven when he was forced by desperate finances to caddie at the Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles.
He is an assistant professor of communication at Rosemont College in Pennsylvania..
Kennedy has been a journalist for nearly three decades and has worked as a reporter and an editor for the Boston Globe and the Associated Press.
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It tells the stories of Their struggles, Their bravery, and Their passion for the game and puts Their lives and contributions into historical perspective.
A Course of Their Own looks at golf from the perspectives of these men, who had courage as well as remarkable skills.
During the twentieth century, however, African American pioneers such as Lee Elder, Howard Wheeler, and Charlie Sifford broke down the barriers for black Golfers who wanted to play, and win, as equals with white golfers.
Golf has long been the domain of white men.
This was an historic decision that gave black Golfers the chance to compete at the highest level in the sport.
In 1961 the Caucasian race clause was deleted from the PGA constitution.
The golfer urged Spiller to write California\'s attorney general, who later ordered the Professional Golfers\' Association (PGA) to cease its discrimination.
One day Spiller was caddying for a member who became outraged by Spiller\'s stories of inequities and suffering during his golfing career.
Bill Spiller was forty-seven when he was forced by desperate finances to caddie at the Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles
