Cedar Crest Golf Course, formerly Cedar Crest Country Club, is a public

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in the southern

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, located in

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. South of downtown in the Cedar Crest neighborhood, the course was designed by A. W. Tillinghast and was the site of the tenth

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, won by

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in early November. 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

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in late January. Established in 1916 and opened in 1919, the course is where a young Harry Cooper honed his skills. The country club was closed in 1929, changed ownership, and then was purchased by the city in 1946. It hosted the

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Negro National Open in 1954, and the

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'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 , with a

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of 73.2 and a

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of 131.

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