FORMER TU GOLFER

Above photo: The Towerlight A previous story about his poetry

How John Hulede created a minority golf scholarship

Former Towson University golfer has awarded nine $2,000 scholarships

Dartmouth golfter Hope Hall (left) is a winner of the Hulede Collegiate Golf Scholarship, which was created by John Hulede (right). John Hulede

By Jerry Bembry, andscape.com

Having the opportunity to play golf at the PGA Golf Club in Florida was exciting enough for John Hulede. But what made that 2015 trip to Port Lucie even more memorable for the then-Towson University golfer?

Looking around the golf range and practice putting area and seeing dozens of Black golfers and people of color.

“For me, that was one of the coolest experiences,” said Hulede, at the time competing in the PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship (now PGA Works) as a member of the Towson University golf team. “That was the only tournament I played in college where I was able to see other golfers who looked like me.”

Growing up in Prince George’s County, Maryland, and playing at the Enterprise and later the Country Club at Woodmore, most of Hudele’s golf experiences were with Black people — Prince George’s County long held the title of the richest majority FINISH READING HERE

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