“My father wanted everyone to be treated equally in the game.” So, he built his own course where everyone was welcome regardless of race or gender, where you were from or what you did. But to his surprise he realized that not too much had changed at home and he wasn’t welcome at golf clubs in Ohio. Every town had a golf course and he felt very welcome. He had just come back from Great Britain after the war.
“My dad built the first 9 holes at Clearview literally by hand with a shovel and a seed bag around his neck.
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“I turned pro on June 28 th of 1967, so this date is the 54 th anniversary of me turning pro and this year is the 75 th anniversary of my father building Clearview Golf Club, so this is a special time,” Powell said.
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Pros went out for a series of skills challenges to benefit the Clearview Legacy Foundation, a charity designed to continue the legacy of Renee’s father Bill Powell and the course he built by hand in the family’s home state of Ohio.
This was no ordinary pro-am and not because of the format. And the buses carried more than 100 young kids to a clinic sponsored by PGA REACH. Those in attendance included Mariah Stackhouse, Mo Martin, Tiffany Joh, Jane Park, Maria Fassi, Leona Maguire, Brianna Do, Lauren Kim, Emma Talley and Caroline Inglis. By that time, a team of nine LPGA Tour players had already participated in the morning wave of the Renee Powell Clearview Legacy Benefit at Bobby Jones Golf Course in Atlanta. The school buses pulled in a few minutes before 3:00 on Monday afternoon.
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