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>> Tiger Woods made a name for
himself in the golf world
inspiring others from diverse
backgrounds to join the sport
once dominated by white males
and today people of all
backgrounds are competitive and
some are getting a shot to hit
the green on a rising
collegiate team at purview and
I’m University. KPRC, 2 sports
ari alexander joining us with
what you may not know about the
team and are we understand the university got a boost from a
university got a boost from a
PGA Tour player. Yeah guys
purview at a 40 year gap
between conference
championships.
>> But thanks to a new coach
and now new funding from one of
the rising stars on the PGA Tour. They’re set up for much
Tour. They’re set up for much
better success and gold.
>> Here’s your normal. Is an
expensive sport I playing it
because of that when I was
younger my parents could barely
afford it. Especially nowadays
the pledge and often it costs
1001 $1000 to even get to the
top one of golf’s rising stars.
Cameron champ is well aware of many of the issues that plague
many of the issues that plague
the diversity of his.
>> Champ is one of the very few
black players on 10. And he’s
using his influence along with
the PGA Tour to grow the game
with a $40,000 scholarship
donation to Prairie view and
now getting the initiative into
those comey’s getting programs
around which the tour has been
huge on.
>> With me and in supporting
You know what we did for
Peruvian and the NC double
allows 4 and a half
scholarships from and 6 for
women. And that would be what
they call the Mac scholars ship
step back and feel that this
step back and this is per view
AM head coach Kevin Jennings.
Who’s led the Panthers their
first n C a a tournament
appearance in school history in
2018 they did it again in 2019.
>> For a top golf school like
say Oklahoma State they can
easily fund those 4 and a half
and 6 scholarships for hbcu
like Prairie view and now it’s
harder which is where champs.
Help comes in with that
donation established by Mister
Chan will help us move towards
in the help.
>> Continue to change and and
brighten the world but
educating some of the best
minds in the country if not the
world one of those bright minds
as Christian lay from from
Katie.
>> He’s an architect major with
dreams of playing on the PGA Tour. There’s not too many
Tour. There’s not too many
African Americans.
>> I play and when people do
see African Americans. you can
be the next Tiger Woods looked
to me. I’m like we’re going to
be that over the next myself so
what else can be done to give
someone like Christian a better
chance well better access to
the expensive equipment in
courses, necessary playing more
difficult courses and better
competition you have to prepare
for that.
>> So you need courses that are
going to challenge you on a
constant basis right now
Prairie view has a start
Jennings has a plan and soon
you may see their players have
a chance to be on tour.
>> One of the main questions
that surround and all for a
long time is black
representation on the PGA Tour
just still very low, but lately
the tour’s been getting
exemptions to PGA the advocates
PGA Tour to nonprofit helps
minority golfers get that final
boost to make it on to the big
tours.
>> So far I have to ask you how
much impact does the advocates
PGA Tour.
>> Have on almost golfers yet
has quite a bit there’s been a
golfers guys like a minor
Johnson willing Mac the 3rd Hu
have been toiling in these
lower-level tours ill tell you
when you get a couple $1000 you
place like 38 in a PGA Tour
event and that is a huge chunk
of money that’s TV time for
sponsors to see you for a
sponsor to pick you up and so
by having a golfer come in 2
different events and have that
TV time have the chance at a
PGA Tour event it’s been huge
for 4 handful these golfers on
that tour and how many players
will be helped by this donation
made to the university and how
long will it be offered for
right now we don’t know exactly
how long will be offered but as
far as how many players it will
help I think it will be spread
around because you’re looking
at 4 and a half scholarships in
the men’s side 6 on the women’s
side in Prairie View AM Kampf
and all of that so that will
help fund more scholarships
with sports that aren’t
football or basketball there
are partial scholarships given
in sports like golf and
baseball and softball and so
that will help fund more
partial scholarships this is
not the only this the start of