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Yes, the Journal of Black Studies tells us that African American participation in golf has doubled since roughly the time Tiger won his first Masters in 1997, but in reality that is more a reflection of how low the numbers were to begin with.

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Tiger Woods has attempted to address the discrepancy with his First Tee program, which was founded after the 1997 Masters Tournament, and there has been some success. The most recent report says that 20 percent of First Tee participants are African American and 33 percent are female, two non traditional sources of amateur participation.

Still, the central problem remains?African Americans in sports tend to gravitate towards sports that are easily played in urban areas and where there are plentiful role models. Tiger Woods is the only African American on the PGA Tour. There are no African American women on the LPGA Tour. When Lee Elder participated in the 1975 Masters Nike Air Huarache Womens , there were eight African Americans on the main men?s tour.

There are plenty of theories as to why this state of affairs exists. The old rout for minority success in golf used to be through caddy programs that allowed youngsters to play courses at the clubs for which they caddied. That is how Elder, Jim Dent, Lee Trevino and Chi Chi Rodriguez say they got their start. Today, the millions of dollars in revenue generated by carts have severely curtailed caddy programs at many country clubs and municipal courses.

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The name golf began as an acronym for Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden. While those times have certainly changed, the game?s tradition includes exclusionary practices from some of its most well known clubs Nike Air Huarache Shoes , including Augusta National which still has not admitted a female member. Tiger Woods alone, in less than a generation?s time, cannot change an entire culture.

STOCKHOLM, July 10 (Xinhua) -- All southbound train traffic in Stockholm came to a standstill early Thursday after a train coming pulling into the central station ripped out an overhead electrical line, Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported.


About 70 passengers on two regional trains were stuck in a tunnel just south of the central station after the accident. Witnesses said they heard a powerful explosion and saw flashes of light when the accident happened.


Lena Karlsson Nike Air Huarache Ultra , spokesperson for the Swedish Transport Administration, said people in the stuck trains were being evacuated, after which limited traffic could start running again.


Later on Thursday, SL was running busses to replace trains on the stretch of track that was affected. SL is the company responsible for maintaining the train tracks and operates some of the public transportation in Stockholm.


SL officials said no one was injured in the accident.


The long road to Russia 2018 kicks off in the outposts of Asia on Thursday with the world's worst international team, -Bhutan Nike Air Huarache , making their World Cup qualifying debut and eyeing a first win of any sorts since 2008.


The small Himalayan -nation, ranked last of the 209 teams in FIFA's rankings, face Sri Lanka in steamy Colombo on Thursday before the return match next week at home.


"It is a momentous occasion," Bhutan Football Federation President Ugyen Tsechup Dorji told BBC World Football.


"Sri Lanka is a team that is not way, way beyond the quality level of football that is -being played in Bhutan."


Bhutan have only three wins to their name - against Afghanistan Cheap Air Huarache , Montserrat and Guam - and were beaten 5-2 by Sri Lanka in their last international match at the 2013 South Asian Football Championships in Kathmandu, Nepal.


Bhutan's squad of semiprofessionals warmed up for the crunch clash with a training camp in Thailand to prepare themselves for the hot conditions they will face in Sri Lanka.


Dorji said his side, once tonked 20-0 by Kuwait in an Asian Cup qualifier in 2000, were unconcerned about the world's worst team tag and the lack of fixtures did not mean the sport was being neglected.


"We are not bothered by the FIFA rankings," he said.


"We have made a very conscious decision ... to try and -improve the youth and grass-roots programs rather than to send our teams outside the country to participate to play championships and matches so that our FIFA ranking is at a higher level."


The inclusion of Bhutan means it is the first time all 209 FIFA members have attempted to qualify for a World Cup Air Huarache Sale , the world governing body said.

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