She changed golf and continues to change golf through her foundation. “I had the pleasure of meeting Renee for the first time yesterday and had dinner with her last night,” said incoming LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan. As a PGA of America member, Renee remains an icon and critical figure in the game and we are proud and privileged to have her as a member of the PGA.” We have come such a long, long way in the game but events like this are reminders that we need to keep moving forward.”Īs the kids sprinted to the driving range at Bobby Jones GC, some carrying their own clubs, others hoping to pick some up during the clinic, Ryan Cannon, the Senior Director of PGA REACH said, “We are excited to support this youth clinic, this event overall and to continue the legacy of Renee Powell. “That’s why events like this and people like Renee Powell are so inspiring and so important. “Growing up as an Asian American in the early 90s, I know what it’s like to be different on the golf course,” Tiffany Joh said. But few touch the heart of the LPGA mission like the one in Atlanta on Monday. Players are asked to participate in numerous Monday pro-ams throughout the year. We are proud to be part of this effort to celebrate Renee and her family and preserve Clearview Golf Club and its mission of providing a place where all people can enjoy the game.” Renee is a global ambassador for the game and continues to use golf as a means for inclusion. “Renee Powell and her family play a singular role in the history of African Americans in golf. “At the core of the LPGA is a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion,” said Roberta Bowman, the LPGA’s Chief Brand and Communications Officer, as well as co-chair of the LPGA’s DE&I task force.
The LPGA further engaged by donating proceeds from the LPGA #HoodieForGolf to the Clearview Legacy Foundation. “My father wanted everyone to be treated equally in the game.” So, he built his own course where everyone was welcome regardless of race or gender, where you were from or what you did. But to his surprise he realized that not too much had changed at home and he wasn’t welcome at golf clubs in Ohio. Every town had a golf course and he felt very welcome. He had just come back from Great Britain after the war. “My dad built the first 9 holes at Clearview literally by hand with a shovel and a seed bag around his neck.
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“I turned pro on June 28 th of 1967, so this date is the 54 th anniversary of me turning pro and this year is the 75 th anniversary of my father building Clearview Golf Club, so this is a special time,” Powell said.
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Pros went out for a series of skills challenges to benefit the Clearview Legacy Foundation, a charity designed to continue the legacy of Renee’s father Bill Powell and the course he built by hand in the family’s home state of Ohio. This was no ordinary pro-am and not because of the format. And buses carried more than 100 young kids to a clinic sponsored by PGA REACH. Those in attendance as LPGA players included Mariah Stackhouse, Mo Martin, Tiffany Joh, Jane Park, Maria Fassi, Leona Maguire, Brianna Do, Lauren Kim, Emma Talley and Caroline Inglis. I think we have a mutual admiration.The Renee Powell Clearview Legacy Benefit at Bobby Jones Golf Course was held on Monday, June 29th. So to see her, I felt like I knew her already, but to be able to embrace her and to thank her, too, for what she is doing and taking things forward.
The videos Mariah has done, I was just so impressed with listening to her and her feeling and everything came out in the words that she used. “I had met Mariah's mother before,” Powell said, “but had never met Mariah. Stackhouse finished her round on Sunday at the Highlands Course and also was able to meet Powell for the first time. Monday, Powell will co-host a Clearview Legacy Benefit at Bobby Jones Golf Club with LPGA player Mariah Stackhouse, an Atlanta-area resident who is the lone Black player currently with full-time status on the LPGA. “And they gave me an opportunity, so now it really is my responsibility to make sure that 75 years from now and beyond we can all look down and see that Clearview is doing what my dad had designed it to do, and it was to make golf inclusive for all people.” “The one word that I always remember my dad used was "opportunity," that everyone should have an opportunity to play the game of golf,” Renee said. It's been an educational journey for me, as well.”Īs Clearview turns 75, Powell feels a responsibility to keep everything at the club operating strongly for another 75 years, and to fulfill her father’s hopes and dreams to make golf a much more inclusive sport. I didn't know unfortunately about Clearview until we started this, and just really learning about it has been incredible, just the stories and all of that. “It's beyond our wildest dreams,” Wie West said.
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