Word: baltusrol
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sure, at least five all-white clubs opted to change behavior, including Crooked Stick in Carmel, Ind., which will be host to the 1991 P.G.A. championship next month. But four of those five have admitted one black each, and the fifth, Baltusrol, in Springfield, N.J., has pledged only to comply with the racial rules by its date for playing host to the U.S. Open...
Snobbery and exclusion have long been inseparable from golf. Playing even one round requires the use of expensive equipment, access to landscaped acres of greensward and, for most people, expensive lessons in technique. A caddy is a sort of walk-along valet. At private Baltusrol, new members put up $25,000 as an initiation fee, plus a $5,250 bond and $3,900 yearly dues. In times gone by, those economic facts alone might have barred most blacks. But, just in case, the sport had overtly racist rules and practices. Blacks did not play in the elite Masters tournament...