On the phone from his home in Charlotte, N.C., 89-year-old Charlie Sifford was asked what he remembered about his historic achievement on Nov. 10, 1957, at the $11,500 Long Beach Open, when he became the first African-American to win a major golf tournament. “Remember beating Eric Monti in a playoff,” said Sifford, who will be inducted into the Southern California Golf Association Hall of Fame …

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