"I truly believe he would have been golf's Jackie Robinson." Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Woods, a black man, was not permitted on the PGA Tour ...

Detroit and Oakland County leaders gathered to unveil a $5,000 outdoor teaching device. It’s a bronze plaque, placed at the entrance to a golf course, and it names a Michigander who broke the ...

Local legend was too early to be golf’s Jackie Robinson; still his legacy lives on. ... He formed the Jimmy Woods Foundation in 1980 to teach kids, both black and white, how to play golf.

David Robinson, who was born in 1952, was too young to remember his father’s playing days. His fondest memories revolve around family dinners, fishing trips and especially golf, where David ...

"I truly believe he would have been golf's Jackie Robinson." Woods, a black man, was not permitted on the PGA Tour during his prime due to the organization’s “Caucasians only” clause, which ...