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Lee Elder Quotes

1934–2021 United States

Robert Lee Elder (July 14, 1934 – November 28, 2021) was an American professional golfer. In 1975, he became the first black golfer to play in the Masters Tournament.

United States
Sportspeople

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I think being able to work on my game as much as I wanted to really started me thinking about a professional career once I left the Army.

If you did, you were defeated from the beginning because that was the purpose of not allowing you to go into the clubhouse. They wanted you to go away. I knew that if I did not stay the course that the kids coming up behind me were going to have a much harder time.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lee Elder (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.