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Charley Stifford, left, the only Negro in the National Open Golf Championship tournament which starts tomorrow at the Oakmont Country Club, chats with Gary Player of South Africa, Oakmont, Pennsylvania June 13, 1962. Stifford helped to desegregate the PGA of America, and was the first African American inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He chose Gary Player to present him for the induction. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

Charley Stifford, left, the only Negro in the National Open Golf Championship tournament which starts tomorrow at the Oakmont Country Club, chats with Gary Player of South Africa, Oakmont, Pennsylvania June 13, 1962. Stifford helped to desegregate the PGA of America, and was the first African American inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He chose Gary Player to present him for the induction. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)