{"id":1150,"date":"2026-06-17T14:46:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:46:44","slug":"charlie-sifford-is-known-as-the-jackie-robinson-of-golf-now-a-scholarship-in-his-honor-helps-students-attend-hbcus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1150","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Sifford is known as the Jackie Robinson of golf. 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The fund was created to honor Sifford, a trailblazing golfer who got his start at West Philadelphia\u2019s Cobbs Creek Golf Course, and help fund college costs for students attending historically Black colleges and universities or for students focusing their education on a golf management program.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt truly made a great impact on me and helped me out a lot financially because attending an out-of-state HBCU is very expensive,\u201d said Crump, who\u2019s majoring in preveterinary medicine. \u201cAnd my mom definitely doesn\u2019t have the funds to provide $40,000 a year for me to attend school. So it really means a lot that someone is gracious enough to provide me with financial aid support.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Sifford is known as the Jackie Robinson of golf and was the first Black person to play and win on the PGA Tour. His perseverance helped many other young golfers make their way onto the course, including his prot\u00e9g\u00e9, Tiger Woods. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Now, his legacy lives on through the Sifford Scholarship Fund. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe faced a lot of obstacles that could have discouraged a lot of people,\u201d said Houston native Lourraine De Luna, another 2026 Sifford Scholar.\u201cBut he continued forward, changing the landscape of his sport. I\u2019m also an athlete, so his story reminds me of true leadership that isn\u2019t just about personal success. It\u2019s about creating opportunities for those who come after me. It\u2019s the kind of legacy I hope to leave as well.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As a sophomore soccer player at Lincoln University, De Luna, 19, is a first-year recipient of the award. Before applying for the scholarship, she already knew of Sifford\u2019s legacy from her father, Alfred Quarles, a huge fan of the golfer. De Luna also is interested in golf and has volunteered at her aunt\u2019s golf tournament, the DMP Servant\u2019s Heart Charity Golf Classic, in Houston. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cReceiving this scholarship is an incredible honor because it connects me to a legacy bigger than myself,\u201d De Luna said. \u201cHis impact continues to grow and inspire people every day, and I\u2019m grateful to be carrying his legacy forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>De Luna and Crump are two of 12 scholarship recipients.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Sifford Scholarship Fund was founded in 2022, during Sifford\u2019s centennial year. Sifford, a Charlotte, N.C., native who moved to Philly as a teenager and lived there for nearly two decades, died in 2015 at age 92.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Each tournament did something to celebrate Sifford\u2019s centennial year. But organizers of the Hartford Open, now known as the Travelers Championship, wanted to do something more to honor his legacy. Sifford\u2019s first PGA Tour win came at the 1967 Hartford Open.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1146\">John Kruk had the perfect response after new Sixers GM jinxed a Phillies no-hitter<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey were the catalyst for starting the scholarship fund and they are the inaugural donor,\u201d said Russell Crockett Jr., the managing partner of Just Let Me Play LLC, which manages Sifford\u2019s estate. \u201cThey had a golf tournament on the golf course Charlie won the tournament on as a fundraiser for our scholarship fund. But, one of the criteria as part of a scholarship is that we had to have an already established foundation in order to manage the funds.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s where the Cobbs Creek Foundation comes in. The foundation is a nonprofit focused on restoring the Cobbs Creek Golf Course, which is known as the \u201cgreat uniter,\u201d welcoming everyone to enjoy the game of golf, including Sifford, who called it his \u201chome course.\u201d In addition to its driving range, learning facility and nine-hole short course, the complex recently opened the Little Horse Tavern, named in honor of Sifford.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is where [my father] got his first start after experiencing what it was like to be a Black golfer in the segregated South,\u201d Charles Sifford Jr. said at a Cobbs Creek event in April. \u201cHe began to see what might be possible. Even when opportunities were limited because of his skin color.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cCobbs Creek is more than a golf course. It\u2019s a place of community, a place to play and compete, and a place to belong. I love the fact that not only is the golf course being restored to its original routing. It brought back its original purpose \u2014 a place where all Philadelphians can come and enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>That connection made backing a scholarship to benefit HBCU students a no-brainer.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt was a natural thing for us,\u201d said Enrique Hervada, the chief operating officer of the Cobbs Creek Foundation. \u201cWe met Russ Crockett and Charles Sifford Jr., and they were looking for some help to get the foundation started. So we became their fiduciary for them. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe try to support them however we can. It\u2019s very rewarding for us at the foundation, the Cobbs Creek Foundation to see real things come out of the work we\u2019ve done. We\u2019re helping a lot of kids here as well, but as far as the Sifford scholarship, we\u2019re thrilled to be a part of it. 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