Just Let Me Play: The Story Of Charlie and 50 similar items

6" x 9.25", 248 page hardcover with dustjacket titled "JUST LET ME PLAY": THE STORY OF CHARLIE SIFFORD, THE FIRST BLACK PGA GOLFER by Charlie Sifford with James Gullo / British American Publishing, ISBN # 0-945167-44-X, Second printing, Copyright 1993/ This is a really good memoir written in 1992 about the life of Charlie Sifford, the first African American to break the barriers of golf. In the 1950's there was a PGA clause that only Caucasians could become members of the PGA. There was the Jim Crow law that didn't even let African Americans into the country clubs, unless you were a caddy. Charlie Sifford loved the game of golf and just wanted to make a living at this sport. He was finally able to get a PGA card in 1961, but he was still unable to play in many of the tournaments, because they would change the rules constantly to bar him from the game. Even back in the 1960's he was not able to stay in hotels and had to rely on host families, especially in the southern cities. And he was never able to play in the Masters in Georgia. It wasn't until 1975 that Lee Elder could play in this tournament. And even in 1992, when this book was published, Charlie said there was still discrimination in the world of golf. The book is complete and in FINE condition with some overall wear mainly to the dustjacket. On the front free endpaper, Charlie Sifford has inscribed, "To - "Brandon", Best of Luck, Charlie Sifford, 9/2/96".