"She was first Black woman in a USGA championship. The incredible story of Ann Gregory."

Dana Hunsinger Benbow of the Indianapolis Star profiles Ann Gregory, the first Black woman to play in a USGA championship who Arthur Ashe called the “best Black female golfer of the 20th Century.”

For Black History Month, USA Today is publishing a series of 28 Black Stories in 28 Days and Gregory’s life both on and off the course is a genuine inspiration.

Incredibly, she did not pick up a club until age 31 before going on to a successful amateur career.