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NFL's Patrick Peterson is passionate about increasing diversity in golf so he started his own club to introduce new people to the sport...
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Peterson -- who last played with the Steelers in 2023 -- is well aware of the lack of Black representation in the sport ... with Tiger Woods carrying the majority of the weight.

That's why the eight-time Pro Bowler and his friends founded Gold Links Golf Club, which offers plenty of events and opportunities for people to get involved, including an upcoming celebrity tournament with Ne-Yo.

Peterson says he got inspiration from the Shady Rest Golf and Country Club in New Jersey -- one of the first-ever Black-owned country clubs in history.

"It's a golf community we wanna be able to build, to be able to put more light on the game of golf from a different perspective, especially from the cultural side," Peterson said.
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Originally published on TigerDroppings.com
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Recoveringcajun3 months
I think he’s missing the entire point of the country club, lol.
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CDawson3 months
If Tiger couldn’t do it, PP7 may struggle. Race quotas never work in anything.
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Thracken133 months
well from what I understand, he has a pretty good swing, so he would be an expert
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LSUfourLife3 months
I think this is a smart business opportunity. He’s not making an ideological statement by starting a golf club.
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HagaDaga3 months
Yes it's a smart business move. But saying the White culture needs to change for doing so is definitely a ideological (and racist) statement. Putting the club in the middle of a highly black environment, and saying all are being assisted is different than saying it's going to focus on blacks. I'm sure the white guilted will want to give him tax money.
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CSinLC3 months
21st century and this is still a thing?
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cajunmud3 months
"...especially from the cultural side,"?

Rap & twerking booty dancers?
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HagaDaga3 months
Mighty racist to say the golf culture has to change because there are to many krackers.
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Deuces3 months
The best golf player ever happens to be black
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Half black.
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BeachTiger20183 months
the Black Delegation drafted him though with the 1st overall pick
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dbllung3 months
Jack Nicklaus disagrees!
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Is he as concerned about the NBA?
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Geaux Guy3 months
Scuba Diving is next I heard.
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GeauxLSUGeaux3 months
Too many white ppl doing something makes it bad.
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biglego3 months
Literally what liberals are saying when they cry about needing diversity
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LSUbacchus813 months
PP, you sound like Ryan Clark.
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BoogaBear3 months
I'm for anyone getting involved in a sport they enjoy but a blacks only country club? yep totally not racist.
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Turnblad853 months
"black owned" not "only"
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Recoveringcajun3 months
Yeah…good luck with that .
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UnclePat763 months
What could possibly go wrong?
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