Dan Taylor
ON THE RECORD · 17 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“In the practice round, the day prior to the first round, there was a big crowd following Ben Hogan,”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor recounts the crowd at the 1948 US Open practice round following Ben Hogan instead of Rhodes.
“They were introduced through Louis. They played golf together from time to time. Rhodes did give golf instructions. He was a very sought-after golf teacher, although he did so non-officially. You had to be a PGA member to teach professionally.”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor discusses Rhodes's golf relationship with Jackie Robinson, introduced through Joe Louis.
“I’ve always enjoyed doing research into people who were agents of change,”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor explains what drew him to research Ted Rhodes.
“Here’s someone who is the Jackie Robinson of professional golf. People don’t know about him. [Professional golf] has not done anything to use him as a teaching opportunity. It saddens me. It should not be that way.”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor laments that professional golf has not used Rhodes's legacy as a teaching opportunity.
“He had kidney problems most of his life, but he battled through it. He had pain and medical problems, but was still successful.”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor describes Rhodes's determination despite lifelong health problems.
“[Louis] played a monumental role in Rhodes’s professional golf success,”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor describes Joe Louis's role in advancing Rhodes's professional golf career.
“he was a fun person, very fashion-oriented. He loved to be very fashionable out on the golf course. GQ ranked him the third-best-dressed golfer all-time. He had mink club heads.”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor describes Rhodes's personality and fashion sense on the golf course.
“It’s unbelievable to me that … Jackie Robinson integrated pro baseball and Kenny Washington integrated the NFL [in the late 1940s, yet] it was not until 1962 that the PGA changed their membership policy.”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor contrasts golf's delayed integration with baseball and the NFL in the late 1940s.
“They did play golf together, through Louis,”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor discusses Rhodes's golf relationship with Jackie Robinson, introduced through Joe Louis.
“They missed out on Ted Rhodes’s low round of the day.”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor recounts the crowd at the 1948 US Open practice round following Ben Hogan instead of Rhodes.
“[The PGA] had a significant Southern influence,”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor discusses the PGA's Southern influence and segregationist policies.
“It drew me to Ted Rhodes. I found his story quite remarkable, his success absolutely amazing, what he accomplished to be quite inspiring.”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor explains what drew him to research Ted Rhodes.
“He brought him to California … enabling him to play every day, [at] country clubs where Rhodes never had been permitted … It really changed Rhodes. It built his confidence. It built his determination to succeed.”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor describes Joe Louis's role in advancing Rhodes's professional golf career.
“to be invited to play, you had to be a member of the PGA,”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor explains how the PGA's invitational system kept Black golfers out after a 1948 lawsuit settlement.
“[Rhodes] was very determined,”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor describes Rhodes's determination despite lifelong health problems.
“Their leadership, for the most part, was men from the South. A high percentage of the schedule was in the 17 Jim Crow states. Country clubs, for the most part, did not permit persons of color to play. The PGA had a very firm caucasian-only membership policy.”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor discusses the PGA's Southern influence and segregationist policies.
“There’s a direct line from Ted Rhodes to Tiger Woods,”
Dan Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-10
Taylor traces a lineage of Black golf achievement from Ted Rhodes to Tiger Woods.