# @playmassgolf on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJZSqOzN6PV
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-08T14:01:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Mass Golf (@playmassgolf) — https://gondola.cc/playmassgolf

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Remembering Jim Dent | Jim Dent, a standout on the pgatourchampions and one of the game’s longest hitters, passed away last week at the age of 85.

In August 1996, Dent captured his 10th senior tour title at the Bank of Boston Classic at Nashawtuc Country Club (Concord, MA), rallying to shoot 5-under 67 in the final round and capping it off with a clutch 5-foot putt on the 18th. 

Dent won 12 times on the PGA Tour Champions and was best known for frequently driving the ball over 300 yards, an extraordinary feat in the era of steel-and-persimmon clubs. He also claimed the first World Long Drive Championship in 1974. 

Growing up in Augusta, Georgia, he caddied at both Augusta Country Club and Augusta National, once carrying the bag of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Despite earning a football scholarship to the local HBCU, Paine College, he left after a year to pursue golf. He earned full-time tour status in 1971, and though he never played in the Masters, he made the cut in eight of 11 majors, including six PGA Championships and five U.S. Opens.

He was later inducted into the Caddie Hall of Fame, the National Black Golf Hall of Fame, and the African American Golfers Hall of Fame. In 2020, Augusta honored him by naming the road leading to its municipal course, The Patch, “Jim Dent Way” as a tribute to one of the city’s most beloved figures.

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