Named for the late trailblazing Black pro golfer John Shippen Jr., the National Invitational Tournament was created by ...

John Shippen, a Black golfer from Washington, D.C. was the first American-born golfer to compete in the U.S. Open in 1896. At the time, Shippen was a caddie at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in New ...

Before their time, John Shippen was the first black man to compete at the US Open, finishing fifth in 1896. Meanwhile, George Franklin Grant was the ingenious mind behind the invention of the golf ...

Shippen finished fifth place at the second U.S. Open, which was held at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in 1896. “When we created this series of events,” says Woods, “we wanted to not only elevate Black ...

In 1896, as the second U.S. Open, held at Shinnecock Hills, there was one Black golfer in the field, John Shippen. In a week or so, Mack is scheduled to play in a tournament named for John Shippen ...

The John Shippen National Invitational, launched in Detroit in 2021 to help break down barriers for Black professional and amateur golfers, continues to get bigger and better. For the first time ...

The John Shippen is named after the first American-born golf professional and also the country’s first Black golf professional. Shippen played in the first of his six U.S. Opens in 1896.

He became the first Native professional golfer in 1896, when he represented Shinnecock Hills Golf Course in the second U.S. Open, alongside his friend, African-American golfer John Shippen. Their ...