Podcast: A mammoth swing to toughen younger Unlit golfers
Eavesdrop on this episode of The Instances:
It takes skill to gather a limited golf ball into a faraway hole. It also takes cash, connections, energy, time and privilege — issues historically denied to of us of coloration. Info compiled by the PGA of The US show that folks of coloration originate up about 18% of golfers within the United States. Unlit of us: ideal 3%.
Pro basketball movie neatly-known particular person Steph Curry has stepped up to change that, in partnership with Howard University, a historically Unlit institution. The college recently restarted a males’s and girls’s golf crew thanks to a donation from Curry that’ll fund it for six years. A pair of weeks ago, Howard’s golf program got a new pile of cash at a fundraiser in California.
Recently we hear from Farrell Evans, a reporter and golfer who writes about the intersection of flee and golf. And we register with Howard’s golf crew.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Traffic: Journalist Farrell Evans, Howard University golf coach Samuel Puryear and Howard University golfer Everett Whiten Jr.
Extra reading:
Steph Curry brings golf help to Howard University
Howard’s Gregory Odom Jr. plays thru anguish to purchase PGA Works Collegiate golf title
About The Instances
“The Instances” is made by columnist Gustavo Arellano, producer Shannon Lin, senior producer Denise Guerra and editors Lauren Raab and Shani O. Hilton. Particular thanks to Heba Elorbany. Our engineer is Mario Diaz and our theme song was serene by Andrew Eapen.