Joe Louis playing in the partially-sanctioned 1945 All-American Open in Chicago. (USGA Photo) Up until the late 1920s, most African-Americans gravitated away from the game of golf. The amount of land required to establish a golf course, as well as maintenance expenses, limited access and opportunity to play, and most could not afford the time required to play or the price of equipment. Most, like North Carolina native Dewey Brown, began their journey in golf through the caddi