JACKSON FRONTS GOLF FILM

The new film, Uneven Fairways, will premiere on America's Golf Channel this week (11Feb09).

The documentary, based on the books Uneven Lies by Pete McDaniel and Forbidden Fairways by Calvin H. Sinnette, chronicles an era when "honour and fair play took a backseat to segregation".

The film celebrates the golfers who confronted prejudice and endured indignities for the right to play golf at its highest level - and paved the way for golfing greats like Tiger Woods, who appears on the show.

Jackson is one of the celebrity world's top golfers.

Among the facts the new film throws up: Heavyweight boxer Joe Louis was the first African-American to compete in a PGA-sanctioned event at the 1952 San Diego Open in California.