Lakewood Country Club is a private

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, United States, founded in 1912, and is now often referred to simply as ''Lakewood''. It is located at the corner of Gaston and Abrams Avenues in

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, about five miles east, northeast of downtown Dallas. Lakewood Country Club hosted the Texas Victory Open, a

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golf tournament now known as the

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, in 1944, the only year the tournament was won by renowned professional golfer

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, who is now the tournament's namesake. The golf course at Lakewood was originally designed by Tom Bendelow, then in 1947 was redesigned by Ralph Plummer. In 1995,

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and Bill Coore gave the course another facelift.

References

External links

* Lakewood Country Club Official Sit

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