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At 86, Sifford still making a difference

By Bob Harig
ESPN.com

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The lost years can never be regained. Charlie Sifford has spent a good part of his days wondering what might have been, how opportunity never really knocked, how things might have been different for a golfer with immense talent but few places to show it. Getty Images Charlie Sifford became the first African-American to gain PGA membership in 1961 when the Caucasian-only clause was repealed. Now, at 86, he is lending his name to a special exemption being given at the annual Northern Tr ...

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