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When Turner retired from the FBI, her going-away gift was a set of Nike golf clubs. She took her job so seriously, she stopped playing golf. Turner worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a self-defense instructor for 34 years. She looked at me, and I said 'Mom, you didn't hit the shot.' That was about it. She went with what I suggested and came up short. 'I can remember us disagreeing only one time over club selection. 'We could almost read each other's minds. 'I don't think you can explain the closeness and the mother-daughter relationship in something like that,' Turner said. Turner savored every minute she spent on the course with her mother, You learned about the game of golf and the game of life.' 'She always felt you learned so many lessons while caddying.

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'Madelyn was the only caddie her mother ever had,' said Powell, the Clearview pro who nominated Turner for the hall of fame.

They became the first mother-daughter pair to win a UGA title in the same year and were inducted into the National Black Golf Hall of Fame in 2021. The United Golfers Association offered a series of tournaments for Black golfers during the era of racial segregation. With Madelyn as her caddie, Vernice won several UGA championships. When I wasn't playing in a tournament, I was always caddying her bag.' When she started to play in local tournaments and in the United Golfers Association, she needed a caddie. 'My mother didn't understand how you could play under those conditions, so she took up the game to find out. I even saw people shine their car lights down the fairway. 'He would play under any kind of conditions - rain, sleet and snow. 'My father learned to play golf in the Army,' Turner said. At that time, it was difficult for someone to caddie for a Black female golfer. She caddied for her mother, Vernice, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Nicknamed 'Moochie,' Turner has been involved with golf since she was 7.