Charlie Takes His Shot: How Charlie Sifford Broke The Color Barrier In Golf

ISBN-10: 0807511285
ISBN-13: 9780807511282
Author: Churnin, Nancy
Illustrated by: Joven, John
Interest Level: K-2
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Publication Date: January 2018

Copyright: 2018

Page Count: 32

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Interest Level

Grades K-2

Reading Level

Guided Reading: M
Lexile: 810L
Accelerated Reader Level: 4.4
Accelerated Reader Points: 0.5

BISAC Subjects

Golfers; United States; Biography; Juvenile literature

Golfers; United States; Biography; Juvenile literature

Golfers; United States; Biography; Juvenile literature

Description
Charlie Sifford loved golf, but in the 1930's only white people were allowed to play in the Professional Golf Association. Sifford had won plenty of black tournaments, but he was determined to break the color barrier in the PGA. In 1960 he did, only to face discrimination from hotels that wouldn't rent him rooms and clubs that wouldn't let him use the same locker as the white players. But Sifford kept playing, becoming the first black golfer to win a PGA tournament and eventually ranking among the greats in golf.