Now Presenting The Non-Minority Collegiate Minority Golf Champs!

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The Daily's John Walters takes a look at the winners of the PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship and finds a lot of fine golfers resembling non-minorities.

How does Bethune-Cookman, a school that is 94.3 percent African-American and 1.5 percent white, draw such talented female golfers from Austria, Denmark and Great Britain? Coach Loritz “Scooter” Clark declined comment for this story, but the Daytona Beach-based school’s home course is the LPGA International Legends Course, which is located within driving distance, as it were, from the LPGA headquarters.

Renee Powell was the second black female to play on the LPGA Tour. Powell, 66, recalled twisting the arm of a sponsor in order to send golf equipment to three HBCUs. When she arrived at a tournament in which they were playing, Powell had a startling discovery.

“All of your golfers are white,” Powell told the coach.

“My school president wants to win,” the coach replied.

“If I had known that I would have given the equipment to another college where minority kids were struggling,” Powell said.

A Truly Depressing Incorrect Scorecard Signing Story

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Thanks to reader Robert for Rob Moseley's story on high school senior Caroline Inglis losing her bid for a fourth state golf title when she signed for an incorrect score** following her final round in the Class 5A girls championship, at a golf course actually named Trysting Tree Golf Club. Really.

Because the reported total was lower than her actual score — 68, rather than 69 — Inglis was disqualified from a tournament she was on pace to win by nine strokes over her closest competitor.

The shocking turn of events came 41 years after her father, Bill, signed for an incorrect score at the 1971 state tournament, family members said, denying the South Eugene boys a team title.

Oh it gets worse.

Caroline Inglis played throughout her senior season after learning of a leukemia diagnosis to Bill last year, and through the proceeding treatment, including a stem-cell transplant from her aunt, Jane, about four months ago that has so far proven successful.

“It definitely affected my play; my dad taught me the game, and I grew up playing with him,” Inglis said before learning of her disqualification. “So it was definitely hard to go out and play. But I worked myself through it, and he’s doing a lot better now.

“I wanted to win for him, make him proud. And I did. It feels great, and I’m so glad that he could be here to watch, and that he’s healthy.”

Inglis will be playing at University of Oregon this fall.

**Not sure why the link changed but the original story has been located and the link embedded.