About Us
Midwest Golf Mission
Founded in 1950 under the umbrella of the United Golfers Association (UGA), the Midwest District Golf Association is committed to upholding the integrity of Amateur Golf and promoting Junior Golf as set forth by golf's governing bodies -- The United States Golf Association (USGA), Professional Golf Association (PGA), Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA).
The association's commitment is achieved by member clubs hosting sanctioned tournaments and inter-club play and through club volunteers serving as role models and mentors for youth golfers; providing quality golf instruction, fostering academic achievement and fair play, and facilitating national competition for youth golfers regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin.
Midwest Golf Association Officers 2021- 2022
President Dennis Morgan
Vice President Ciji Henderson
Secretary Dornell Chatman
Treasurer Kusana Turner
Financial Secretary Cathy Taitt
Youth Director Jarrett Barnett
Asst. Youth Director Brunilda Turner
Promotional Dir Flora Davis
Audit Chairperson Dorothy Che-Menju
Parliamentarian Lynette Lewis
Sgt. At Arms Hewitt Chatman
Historian Gay Banks
United Golfers Association
The United Golf Association (UGA) was a group of African-American professional golfers who operated a separate series of professional golf tournaments for Blacks during the era of racial segregation in the United States. It was said to have started in 1925 when George Adams became a founding member[citation needed] and in 1926 by Robert Hawkins, a golfer from Massachusetts. It was known affectionately as the Chitlin Circuit and included many talented golfers such as Ted Rhodes, Bill Spiller, Pete Brown (golfer), Lee Elder, Willie Brown Jr, Zeke Hartsfield, Howard Wheeler and Charlie Sifford.
Women were allowed to participate from the group's inception, but only in 1939 did the first women's golfing organization seek affiliation when the Chicago Women's Golf Club, organized by Anna Robinson, applied to join. Also, the Wake-Robin Golf Club, whose first president was Helen Webb Harris, joined the UGA under her leadership.
Jimmy Taylor added the Mid Winter Classic at Rogers Park, Tampa to the circuit in 1963.[5]
The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) had an article in its bylaws stating that it was "for members of the Caucasian race." Once this bylaw was repealed in the early 1960s and Black golfers were allowed to enter the PGA, the United Golf Association ceased to exist.
