The U.S. flag and a banner representing minority golfers were lowered to half-staff Tuesday at a golf course in South Los Angeles in honor of the late Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn for his efforts to help integrate the sport.
The banner of the Minority Golfers Assn. ruffled in the wind near the clubhouse at the Chester Washington Golf Course, which was purchased by the county in 1963, largely due to Hahn's work, officials said. Prior to the purchase, no African American golfer played on the privately owned links, which were then known as the Western Avenue Golf Course, county officials said.
