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Old April 8th, 2007, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by BPC View Post
Thanks, I did not know that.

I always wondered why Charlie Sifford won the Hartford in 1968 but didn't get invited, but then 6 years later Lee Elder won the Mizuno and became the first African-American to play in the Masters the following spring (1975).
I appeciate your response. Actually Pete Brown, another Afro-American won the 1970 San Diego Open at Torrey Pines and never got invited to the Masters.
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