Calvin Peete's story is unprecedented in t he world of golf. Born to a family of migrant laborers\, he dropped out of school in the eighth grade\, went to work picking crops\, first swung a g olf club at the age of 23&mdash\;and rose to the top of the PGA.
\nI n Calvin Peete: Golf's Forgotten Star\, Gordon Hobson tells for t he first time Peete&rsquo\;s incredible story. Hobson recounts how\, when Peete joined the lily-white PGA tour in 1976\, he stood out from the compe tition in more ways than one. Peete wasn&rsquo\;t raised in country clubs and didn&rsquo\;t learn the game at prestigious golf universities. He spor ted a huge Fu Manchu\, cowboy boots\, and had diamonds embedded in his tee th. Peete had a permanently bent left elbow and practiced endless hours in a public park to develop one of the most accurate swings in the history o f golf. He endured years of futility and despair\, but\, eventually\, he e merged as the best player on the Tour from 1982-86.
\nCalvin Peete&r squo\;s story is inspiring\, but it also reveals the struggles many Black golfers endured even after the Caucasian-only clause was removed from the PGA&rsquo\;s bylaws. He may have won twelve championships\, played on the US Ryder Cup team twice\, and won the prestigious Vardon Award\, but the r oad to success wasn&rsquo\;t easy. Calvin Peete: Golf&rsquo\;s Forgott en Star shows how\, even without the advantages some people are born into\, one can find success through hard work\, determination\, and fortit ude.
\nGordon Hobson is a retired attorney and first-time author fro m Columbus\, Ohio. He was raised in a golfing family and has caddied in an LPGA event\, a PGA Pro-Am\, and for Bruce Fleisher when he won the 1968 U .S. Amateur.
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