DETROIT — Detroit Golf Club is believed to have the most Black members of any country club in the United States, at around 150, and it's very proud of the John Shippen National Invitational.
This year, the membership put its own dollars behind the three-year-old tournament.
This year's Shippen, a 36-hold tournament that awards an exemption into the PGA Tour's Rocket Mortgage Classic, had a purse for the first time. The membership raised about $100,000 for prize money, with $20,000 going to this year's winner, Chase Johnson.
