Fifty years ago, Wright paved way for Tiger by becoming the first black to win a U.S. Golf Associati
Bill Wright vividly remembers the feeling he had while he was flying to Denver for the 1959 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship with a group of other golfers who were competing in the tournament at Wellshire Golf Course.
"Here I am. I can't belong to any club, but I qualified for the tournament," Wright said. "The players didn't really want to even go on the same plane with me."
Wright couldn't belong to any club, because this was 1959 and he was black.
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