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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Loved ones gathered at Rogers Park Golf Course to honor the legacy of Jim Dent, who died in May at age 85. He was one of the ...

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 ...

Augusta named the road leading into The Patch as “Jim Dent Way” in 2020 as a tribute. Two years later, Dent was inducted into the Caddie Hall of Fame. His son, Jim Dent Jr., now is the head ...