Lee Elder was a pioneering golfer who was the first black golfer to compete in the Masters when he competed in the tournament in 1974. Lee Elder taught himself how to play golf by sneaking onto all white golf courses as a youth.
In 1961, he started his pro career on the all-Black United Golf Association tour. He first earned his tour card for the PGA in 1968.
Elder won his first PGA tournament in 1974 at the Monsanto Open in Penascola, Florida, which earned him an invitation to play in the Masters in Augusta, Georgia.
He received death threats at the Monsanto Open and rented two homes for the Masters so people would not know where he was staying.
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