Western Washington University Hall of Fame inductee William “Bill” Wright, who was the first Black man to win a major U.S. golf tournament, died Friday in Los Angeles at 84, the school announced in a release.

Wright, on July 18, 1959 became the first Black to win a tournament conducted by the United States Golf Association, when he captured the U.S. Amateur Public Links title at the Wellshire Golf Course near Denver. Wright was 23 and a senior at Western at the time of the win.