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Long-hitting Jim Dent, known as one of the best Black golfers of his era after going from the caddie yard at Augusta National Golf Club to winning a dozen times on PGA Tour Champions, died on May 2, ...
Golfer Jim Dent, an Augusta native and Black golf pioneer, died at 85 after suffering a stroke. Dent caddied at Augusta ...
Jim Dent grew up in the caddie yards of Augusta, Georgia, eventually working at the Masters and honing his game at the municipal course known as “The Patch.” He went on to become one of the PGA Tour’s ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Friends and family turned out at Paine College to say goodbye to Jim Dent. For the latest news, weather ...
Just over two months ago, Jim Dent did an interview with NBC BLK in which he said he would never have become a pro golfer if he hadn’t first been among the Black caddie corps at Augusta National ...
Growing up in Augusta, Georgia, Jim Dent found work as a teenager caddying at a local golf course not far from his home. Augusta National Golf Club put Dent to work, and he merely followed his ...
Jim Dent has died a week before his 86th birthday Jim Dent grew up in the caddie yards of Augusta, Georgia, eventually working at the Masters and honing his game at the municipal course known as ...
Jim Dent became a legendary golfer across his 50-year professional career within the game and the 12-time PGA Tour Champions winner has passed away after suffering from a stroke ...
The last time I spoke to Jim Dent, native son of Augusta, Ga., was a month before this year’s Masters, aka the Rory McIlroy Dance Party. Jim, in his wooden-driver driving prime, drove the ball ...
Long-hitting Jim Dent, known as one of the best Black golfers of his era after going from the caddie yard at Augusta National Golf Club to winning a dozen times on PGA Tour Champions, died on May ...
Jim Dent grew up in the caddie yards of Augusta, Georgia, eventually working at the Masters and honing his game at the municipal course known as “The Patch.” He went on to become one of the ...