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Album Title: Pioneers Of The Game

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To celebrate Black History Month, the USGA honors African-American players who carved their own paths in the sport.

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John Shippen became the first African-American to compete in a U.S. Open, doing so in 1896 at Shinnecock Hills. (USGA Museum)

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In the 1950s, Ted Rhodes became an instrumental figure in advancing the game for minorities. (USGA Museum)

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Bill Wright's 1959 triumph at the U.S. Amateur Public Links made the Seattle, Wash., native the first African-American USGA champion. (USGA Museum)

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At the 1956 U.S. Women's Amateur in Indianapolis, Ann Gregory became the first female African-American to play in a USGA championship. (USGA Museum)

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Althea Gibson was a Wimbledon tennis champion before joining the LPGA Tour as its first African-American member. (USGA Museum)

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Ann Gregory was a national minority champion before taking her game to the USGA stage at the 1956 U.S. Women's Amateur. (USGA Museum)

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C.T. Bell, left, Alfred Holmes, center, and his brother Oliver W. Holmes played at an Atlanta public golf course after a Supreme Court ruling. (USGA Museum)

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Charles Sifford was the first African-American to play on the PGA Tour. In 2009, the Sifford Exemption was created. (USGA Museum)

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Ann Gregory poses with her caddie during the 1972 U.S. .Women's Open at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, N.Y. (USGA Museum)

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Barbara Douglas of Scottsdale, Ariz., will become the first minority to serve as the chairman of the Women's Committee. (USGA Museum)

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Atlanta's Mariah Stackhouse is an up-and-coming golfer who advanced to the third round of match play at the 2008 U.S. Girls' Junior. (USGA Museum)

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Cheyenne Woods, the niece of three-time U.S. Open champion Tiger Woods, parlayed her success as a junior golfer into a golf scholarship to Wake Forest. (USGA Museum)

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Bill Wright, the 1959 APL champ, looks at his exhibit during the grand opening of the USGA Museum and Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History last June in Far Hills, N.J. (USGA Museum)

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