‘The John Shippen’ To Identify Historical Barriers and to Expand Upon Black Representation in the Sport Of Golf
THE JOHN SHIPPEN National Invitational Golf Tournament for Black Golfers & THE JOHN SHIPPEN Sports Business Summit for Students to be Held in Detroit June 27-30, and to Air on CBS in Advance of the PGA TOUR’s Rocket Mortgage Classic
THE JOHN SHIPPEN will Invite the Nation’s Top Black Men and Women Collegiate & Professional Golfers to Compete on June 27-28, 2021 – with the Men’s Field Competing for an Exemption into the Rocket Mortgage Classic and the Women’s Field Vying for Exemptions into the LPGA’s Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational
THE JOHN SHIPPEN Sports Business Summit will be Held Virtually June 29-30 to Create National Awareness and Opportunities in the Business of Sports for High-School and College Students of Color and Will Offer Paid Internships and Scholarships from Event Supporters
THE JOHN SHIPPEN Event Named in Honor of John Shippen, Jr., the FIRST AMERICAN-BORN Golf Professional AND the FIRST BLACK Golf Professional
John Shippen, Jr., the Original Trailblazer for Blacks in Golf,
Played in Five U.S. Opens from 1896-1902
