Lee Elder, who shattered one of golf’s last racial barriers when in 1975 he became the first Black player to compete in the tradition-bound Masters tournament in Augusta, Ga., has died at 87.
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Lee Elder, who shattered one of golf’s last racial barriers when in 1975 he became the first Black player to compete in the tradition-bound Masters tournament in Augusta, Ga., has died at 87.