Intersport, in conjunction with Woods, collaborated to design THE JOHN SHIPPEN as a vehicle to provide opportunities that can fundamentally increase diversity in golf on a national scale. “Rocket Mortgage is proud to support this event.” “ THE JOHN SHIPPEN aims to address barriers that have prevented talented Black golfers and aspiring business professionals from realizing their dreams of playing professional golf or working in the golf industry,” said Rocket Mortgage CEO Jay Farner. To ensure that any financial barriers are removed, THE JOHN SHIPPEN will cover all travel costs (airfare and hotel) for participating players. The men’s division will be individual stroke play, and the winner will receive an exemption into the PGA TOUR’s Rocket Mortgage Classic (July 1-4). The women’s division will compete in a two-player team format, with the winning duo earning an exemption into the LPGA’s Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (July 14–17), which is also played as a team event. THE JOHN SHIPPEN will invite the nation’s top amateur and professional Black golfers to provide a platform for heightened opportunities and recognition within the sport. Shippen was bestowed PGA of America membership posthumously in 2009. The event, designed to showcase Black collegiate and professional golfers, is named after John Shippen, Jr., who was the first American-born golf professional and also the country’s first Black golf professional. The event will be held at Detroit Golf Club June 27-28, with a one-hour TV special about THE JOHN SHIPPEN airing on CBS leading into final-round coverage of the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Sunday, July 4. John Shippen, Jr., the Original Trailblazer for Blacks in Golf,ĭETROIT (March 22, 2021) – Intersport, in collaboration with Rocket Mortgage, Trion Solutions, Dow, The Children’s Foundation and Sommer Woods (co-founder of Woods and Watts Effect), announced today the launch of a new national golf event: ‘THE JOHN SHIPPEN’ to identify historical barriers and expand Black representation in the sport of golf. THE JOHN SHIPPEN Event Named in Honor of John Shippen, Jr., the FIRST AMERICAN-BORN Golf Professional AND the FIRST BLACK Golf Professional THE JOHN SHIPPEN Sports Business Summit will be Held Virtually June 29-30 to Create National Awareness and Opportunities in the Business of Sports for High-School and College Students of Color and Will Offer Paid Internships and Scholarships from Event Supporters THE JOHN SHIPPEN will Invite the Nation’s Top Black Men and Women Collegiate & Professional Golfers to Compete on June 27-28, 2021 – with the Men’s Field Competing for an Exemption into the Rocket Mortgage Classic and the Women’s Field Vying for Exemptions into the LPGA’s Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational THE JOHN SHIPPEN National Invitational Golf Tournament for Black Golfers & THE JOHN SHIPPEN Sports Business Summit for Students to be Held in Detroit June 27-30, and to Air on CBS in Advance of the PGA TOUR’s Rocket Mortgage Classic
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