Since it's Black History Month, any respectable media entity that can is paying homage to the roots _ deeper than anyone grasps _ black men have to the game of golf. So, Barrow's father, the great boxing champion, Joe Louis, figures prominently in the conversation. (The Golf Channel and even majorleaguejerk.com score well in noting this.) Now's a good time to cull Barrow's brain; put the past, present and future of the game in perspective.
Besides smashing the Germans' last vain claims of Darwinian superiority over all other humans by crushing Max Schmelling in the boxing ring in the late 1940s, "The Fist" also broke down a major PGA barrier for all that followed him.
It was in 1952, at the San Diego Open. I won't bore you with all the details here. Just read up on it at your leisure. It'll put your next round into perspective...
Photo: Joe Louis on the links/majorleaguejerk.com
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