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Cedar Crest Golf Course
, formerly
Cedar Crest Country Club
, is a public
golf course
in the southern
United States
, located in
Dallas
,
Texas
. South of downtown in the Cedar Crest neighborhood, the course was designed by
A. W. Tillinghast
and was the site of the tenth
PGA Championship
in
1927
, won by
Walter Hagen
in early November.
[2]
[3]
It was his fourth consecutive PGA title and fifth overall, the ninth of his eleven
major championships
. Cedar Crest also hosted the
Dallas Open
in 1926, won by
Macdonald Smith
in late January.
[4]
[5]
Established in 1916 and opened 105 years ago in 1919, the course is where a young
Harry Cooper
(1904?2000)
honed his skills.
[6]
The country club was closed in 1929, changed ownership, and then was purchased by the city in 1946.
[7]
It hosted the
United Golf Association
Negro National Open in 1954, and the
USGA
's
Public Links
later that year.
A new $2 million clubhouse was built in 2001. In 2004,the course was renovated in by
D. A. Weibring
and Steve Wolfard.
From the back tees, it plays as a par-70 at 6,532 yards (5,973 m), with a
course rating
of 73.2 and a
slope rating
of 131.
[1]
[8]
References
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"Cedar Crest Golf Course"
. USGA. Course Rating and Slope Database™
. Retrieved
March 28,
2017
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"Hagen, Turnesa fight today for golf pro title"
.
Chicago Daily Tribune
. Associated Press. November 5, 1927. p. 23.
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"Hagen defeats Turnesa, one up; keeps pro title"
.
Chicago Daily Tribune
. Associated Press. November 6, 1927. p. 8, sec. 2.
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"Mac Smith snares Dallas Open title"
.
New York Times
. Associated Press. January 26, 1926
. Retrieved
March 28,
2017
.
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"Smith is winner of Dallas Open"
.
Spokane Daily Chronicle
. (Washington). Associated Press. January 25, 1926. p. 18.
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Sherrington, Kevin (July 13, 2013).
"Harry Cooper ? Dallas' original teen golf prodigy ? might've been the best to never win a major"
.
Dallas News
. Retrieved
December 7,
2013
.
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"Course history"
. Cedar Crest Golf Course
. Retrieved
March 28,
2017
.
- ^
"Course details"
. Cedar Crest Golf Course
. Retrieved
March 28,
2017
.
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