JOHNS CREEK, Ga. - Mariah Stackhouse met her idol Renee Powell after her final round on Sunday at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
Powell was the second Black woman ever to play on the LPGA and is currently head professional at her family's Clearview Golf Club in East Canton, Ohio. Clearview is the first golf course in the U.S. that was built, owned and operated by an African-American.
“For kids, for minorities in the sport, she's one of my biggest inspirations, and I always say that,” Stackhouse said Wednesday before the Women’s PGA. “I recognize everything that she endured through her time at the LPGA to make my experience so much better and a lot easier than it would have been for herself.