ATLANTA – Sunday afternoon, at 1:35pm ET, marked the beginning to Nelly Korda’s historic KPMG Women’s PGA Championship victory. Exactly 10 minutes later, Renee Powell, the 2020 LPGA Ellen Griffin Rolex Award winner, and Mariah Stackhouse, a five-year LPGA Tour veteran, met face-face for the first time.
It’s the perfect story within a story that dates back to Powell’s father, Bill, a World War II veteran who played golf for 84 years. A Black man who endured racism and discrimination for identifying as a golfer, but a man who believed in opportunity and accessibility. He decided to build his own golf course, Clearview Golf Club in his home state of Ohio, a golf course where everyone would be welcome.