SKYVIEW GOLF
The Skyview Open, home at Muni.
One of the South's most important chapters in Black golf, told by the community that built it.
AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION
Home of the Skyview Golf Tournament
Founded in Asheville in 1959, the Skyview Golf Association was created at Muni to promote golf competition among African American golfers across the country, at a time when the game was closed to many players, and to open a path toward the professional tour.
The Skyview Golf Association is an independent organization, not part of Friends of Asheville Muni.
THE SKYVIEW OPEN
From fifty golfers to one of the largest in the country.
The first Skyview tournament drew fifty players. By 1975 the Skyview Open had grown to 274 golfers, and it stands among the largest African-American-operated tournaments in the United States.
For more than sixty years it has been played at Asheville Muni, a living link between this public course and the broader story of integration in American golf.
OUR ROLES
Proud to support, now and in the future.
FOAM celebrates and supports Skyview in every way we can, and we are honored that Muni is its home. This history is Skyview's to tell, so we point you to their voices and their work. Learn more directly from the Skyview Golf Association at skyviewgolfasheville.com ↗
“This was freedom. This gave us a place to play the game.”
Pete Mcdaniel,
renowned golf writer and kid who grew up playing Muni
