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Lee Elder From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Contents [hide] 1 PGA Tour wins (4) 2 Senior Tour wins (8) 3 Other wins 4 External links

Robert Lee Elder (born July 14, 1934) is an American golfer. He is best remembered for becoming the first African-American to play in the Masters Tournament in 1975. Elder was born in Dallas, Texas. His parents died when he was relatively young. As a result he spent many years of his early life living in poverty. He taught himself to play golf by sneaking onto golf courses at night. As a teenager, he passed himself off as a caddie in order to earn money. He turned professional in 1959 and went on to win four tournaments on the PGA Tour and eight on the Senior PGA Tour. He played on the 1979 Ryder Cup team. [edit] PGA Tour wins (4) 1974 Monsanto Open 1976 Houston Open 1978 Greater Milwaukee Open, American Express Westchester Classic [edit] Senior Tour wins (8) 1984 (2) Suntree Senior Classic, Hilton Head Seniors International 1985 (4) Denver Post Champions of Golf, Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am, Digital Seniors Classic, Citizens Union Senior Golf Classic 1986 (1) Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative 1988 (1) Gus Machado Senior Classic [edit] Other wins 1971 Nigerian Open [edit] External links Stats on PGA Tour's official site Categories: American golfers | PGA Tour golfers | Champions Tour golfers | African American sportspeople | 1934 births | Living people Article Discussion Edit this page History Log in / create account Navigation Main Page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Interaction About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia Donate to Wikipedia Help Search Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page This page was last modified 03:19, 21 October 2007. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers