North Carolina’s Steph Curry Will Be Receiving The Charlie Sifford Award
BeAccording to WCNC Charlotte, Steph Curry will soon be receiving the Charlie Sifford Award. He has been chosen to receive this award for all he has done to advance diversity in golf.
“Underrated Golf” was launched two years ago by Curry to give high school athlete’s for all communities equal chances and access. Curry has also funded the Howard University golf team. Howard University hadn’t had a golf team since the 1970s when Curry began funding the college.
The reward will be given to Curry on June 10th, just days before the U.S. Open, in Pinehurst, North Carolina, at the World Golf Hall of Fame ceremony.
In 1961, Sifford was the first Black golf player to become a member of the PGA Tour. In 2004, he was put into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Curry stated, “I’m incredibly honored to be chosen as the recipient of this year’s Charlie Sifford Award and am grateful to the World Golf Hall of Fame for the recognition in this sport that I am so passionate about. I believe that we have the opportunity to grow the game of golf by providing equity, access and opportunity to young golfers who have that same passion, dedication and determination as so many of us out on the green.”
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