Shasta Averyhardt is one of just eight Black women to ever compete on the LPGA tour.
“A lot of people still don’t know there’s Black women who play golf professionally,” Averyhardt said.
Her father was an avid golfer and she eventually picked up a club alongside him when she was 7 years old. Averyhardt recalls it taking her a while to fall in love with the game—that it wasn’t until high school when she realized she had the potential to be really good—but once she did, she began watching the LPGA tour.
Watching the LPGA played a huge influence for Averyhardt, who could picture herself playing golf with the other women on tour, but she said that it was the influence from watching Tiger Woods that ultimately sparked her interest in watching professional women’s golf on TV.