Jim Dent, a pioneering Black golfer, one of the PGA Tour's longest hitters and a 12-time winner on what is now PGA Tour Champions, died at age 85 on Friday.

Jim Dent, who learned the game as a caddie and became one of the best Black golfers of his era, died on May 2, according to ...

Dent died on Friday at age 85, a week before his birthday, his grandson posted on Facebook. The PGA Tour said on its website ...

Jim Dent, one of the PGA Tour's longest hitters and one of the top Black golfers of his generation, died at age 85.

Jim Dent grew up in the caddie yards of Augusta, Georgia, eventually working at the Masters and honing his game at the ...

To up his training, Dent moved west to Los Angeles, where many of the best Black players resided, and advanced under the tutelage of Johnny Goodman, renowned for being the last amateur to win the U.S.

Jim Dent, one of the top Black golfers on PGA Tour Champions and known for his long hitting off the tee, died at the age of ...

Jim Dent, a long-hitting specialist known as one of the best Black golfers of all-time, has died. He was 85. No cause of ...