Cedar Crest Park

{{Short description|Golf course in Dallas, Texas}}

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|location = Dallas, Texas, U.S.

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|establishment = 1919, {{Time ago|1919}}
1946 (city)

|type = Public

|owner = City of Dallas

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|holes = 18

|tournaments = {{nowrap|PGA Championship (1927)}}
Dallas Open (1926)

|website = [https://www.golfcedarcrest.com/ golfcedarcrest.com]

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|designer1 = A. W. Tillinghast (1919)
D. A. Weibring (2004)

|par1 = 70

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|rating1 = 73.2

|slope1 = 131 {{cite web|url=https://ncrdb.usga.org/NCRDB/courseTeeInfo.aspx?CourseID=10815 |publisher=USGA |title=Cedar Crest Golf Course |agency=Course Rating and Slope Database™ |accessdate=March 28, 2017}}

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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.{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1927/11/05/page/23/article/hagen-turnesa-fight-today-for-golf-pro-title |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Hagen, Turnesa fight today for golf pro title |date=November 5, 1927 |page=23}}{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1927/11/06/page/36/article/hagen-defeats-turnesa-one-up-keeps-pro-title |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Hagen defeats Turnesa, one up; keeps pro title |date=November 6, 1927 |page=8, sec. 2}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/01/26/archives/mac-smith-snares-dallas-open-title-his-298-takes-800-golf-prize-abe.html |work=New York Times |title=Mac Smith snares Dallas Open title |agency=Associated Press |date=January 26, 1926 |accessdate=March 28, 2017}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M8tXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iPQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3776%2C4568224 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington)|agency=Associated Press |title=Smith is winner of Dallas Open |date=January 25, 1926 |page=18}}

Established in 1916 and opened {{Time ago|1919}} in 1919, the course is where a young Harry Cooper {{nowrap|(1904–2000)}} honed his skills.{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/columnists/kevin-sherrington/20130713-sherrington-harry-cooper--dallas-original-teen-golf-prodigy--might-ve-been-the-best-to-never-win-a-major.ece|newspaper=Dallas News |last=Sherrington |first=Kevin |title=Harry Cooper – Dallas' original teen golf prodigy – might've been the best to never win a major |date=July 13, 2013 |accessdate=December 7, 2013}} The country club was closed in 1929, changed ownership, and then was purchased by the city in 1946.{{cite web |url=https://www.golfcedarcrest.com/golf-course |publisher=Cedar Crest Golf Course |title=Course history |accessdate=March 28, 2017}} 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 {{convert|6532|yd}}, with a course rating of 73.2 and a slope rating of 131.{{cite web |url=https://www.golfcedarcrest.com/golf-course/course-details |publisher=Cedar Crest Golf Course |title=Course details |accessdate=March 28, 2017}}