FOUNDATION

The Calvin Peete Foundation acknowledges the talent, futures and desires of youth who want the explore the opportunity to participate in the game of golf. Through your support, CPF gives back grants to various platforms and internally funds initiatives for young golfers and partner organizations.

GOLF PARTNER

Host to the Calvin Peete Awards Golf Tournament the club features 36 holes of award-winning golf and provides the ultimate test for players of all skill levels. Ranked among the Top 20 Best Golf Courses in Georgia by Golf Digest for nearly 30 years, The Golf Club of Georgia has established a reputation as one of the prestigious clubs close by to Atlanta.

HOTEL PARTNER

The Official Hotel of the Calvin Peete Awards is the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel and Conference Center. Whether you’re traveling for business or pleasure, you will enjoy our supreme location in the heart of Atlanta.

The Calvin Peete
CHAMPION Award

This award is bestowed upon young golfers who embody the same drive, humility, and fight that Calvin Peete worked so hard to build during his epic career. Calvin Peete made it very clear that he cared dearly about our youth, and this award is presented to an individual who is a growing reflection of his legacy.

The Calvin Peete
MASTER OF THE CRAFT Award

Without consideration of athletic accomplishments, the award recognizes a lifetime of achievement by people who in the spirit of Calvin Peete, dedicated themselves to the pursuit of the ultimate professional accomplishment: the mastering of one’s craft.

The Calvin Peete
PLAYER OF YEAR Award

This humanitarian award greets corporate executives with gratitude for industry excellence and community service. We are strong supporters of business owners and corporations that share our values of diversity, culture, and exceptional sportsmanship on and off the golf course.

July 18, 1943 – April 29, 2015

Professional Golfer Calvin Peete was born in Detroit, Michigan on July 18, 1943. Toward the end of the 20th Century Peete had become the most successful African American golfer on the PGA Tour, with 12 wins and a record that would be surpassed only by Tiger Woods who turned professional in 1996 at age 20. In 1983, dubbed “Mr. Accuracy” by fellow golfers for his ability to hit the ball consistently onto the fairway, Peete hit a staggering 84.55 percent of fairways in 87 PGA Tour rounds.

In 1984, he won the Professional Golf Association’s (PGA) “Vardon Trophy,” for PGA Tour leaders with the lowest scoring average. He was a member of the U.S. Ryder Cup teams in 1983 and 1985 and among the “top 10” in the “Official World Golf Ranking” for several weeks, during the rankings’ 39-week inaugural year, 1986.

After earning his PGA Tour card in 1975, he went on to win his first tournament, the Milwaukee Open, in 1979. The following year he qualified for the Masters in Augusta, Georgia and became the first African American to win The Players Championship in Vedra Beach, Florida, five years later.

During his 20-year career on the PGA Tour, Peete finished fourth on the money list in 1982 and had two-win seasons in 1983, ’85 and ’86. His success waned in the 1990s. Between 1991 and 1995 he appeared in 21 events. His last PGA Tour start came at the 1995 Player’s Championship,

Ironically the same year that 20 year old Tiger Woods joined the professional ranks. After retiring from competition in 1995, he continued to play in the Legends of Golf Tournaments until 2009.

Saturday, October 6th

9:00 AM
Community Initiatives

10:00 AM
VIP Practice Rounds & Lounge

7:00 PM
Red Carpet, Media Interviews & Welcome Reception

8:30 PM – 11:30 PM
The Calvin Peete Awards & Recognition Program

Sunday October 7th

11:00 AM
Welcome Breakfast, Gifting & Registration

12:45 PM
Opening Ceremony & Announcements

1:00 PM
Shotgun Start

4:30 PM
Clubhouse Experience & Lounge

5:30 PM
Awards & Closing Ceremony

Cameron Champ

Cameron Champ currently competes on the Web.com Tour and for the 2019 Season, he will be one of twenty-five Web.com graduates making their way onto the PGA Tour. With a powerful professional record in under two years, his skills were sharpened at Texas A & M University. Born June 15, 1995 in Sacramento, California, the 23 year old is known for his monstrous 350+ yard drives off the tee, as well as qualifying fir the 2017 US Open as an Amateur and finishing T-32 with grace. He was a 2017 US Walker Cup Member and just recently was The 2018 Utah Champion Winner at -24 under par. A young man dedicated to family and tradition, The 2018 Calvin Peete Award will be presented to this young man and prodigy that comes from the core intersection of diversity and opportunity, with a personal and historic journey to success that is rare, destined and heartfelt.