Dunedin Isles Golf Club Golf Course is a national historic site in

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, located at

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Pinellas County Pinellas County (, ) is a county located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 959,107. The county is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg– Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical ...

. It was added to the

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in 2014. Northwest of

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, the course was designed by noted architect Donald Ross (1872–1948). It opened in 1927 on New Year's Day as a municipal course, It was acquired by the

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in 1944, renamed "PGA National Golf Club," and hosted the

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for eighteen consecutive years (1945–1962). The PGA of America moved its national offices from

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to Dunedin in 1956, then sold its holdings in the course back to the city in 1962. It relocated its offices to eastern Florida in 1965 at

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State of Florida
– Florida Historic Golf Trail – Dunedin Golf Club
Florida Historic Golf Trail
– Dunedin Golf Club
Visit St. Petersburg - Clearwater
– Dunedin Golf Club National Register of Historic Places in Pinellas County, Florida Dunedin, Florida {{PinellasCountyFL-NRHP-stub

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