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 watches his ball from the 18th tee Friday, Feb. 18, 2000, during the first round of the GTE Classic at The Tournament Players Club in Tampa, Fla. Credit: AP/SCOTT MARTIN By The Associated ...

Jim Dent watches his tee shot on the 15th hole on the second day of the Administaff Small Business Classic, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004, at Augusta Pines Golf Club in Spring, Texas.

In 2020, the road leading to Augusta Municipal Golf Course, aka “The Patch,” was renamed Jim Dent Way in his honor. Dent also was inducted into the Caddie Hall of Fame in 2022 as well as the ...

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 ...

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 ...