Many expected Tiger Woods' historic victory in the 1997 Masters _ and the 13 majors since then _ to inspire other African-Americans to follow him into a game that was reserved for whites for more than a century.
Yet in the dozen years since Woods slipped on a green jacket at Augusta National and paid tribute to the black pioneers who broke down American golf's racial barriers, no other African-American has earned U.S. PGA Tour membership.
Not a single black woman plays on the U.S. LPGA Tour.
Neither of America's top two developmental tours have black golfers in the pipeline, either.
"Tiger was the greatest gift ever for the PGA …
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