Cedar Crest Golf Course

One of the great architect A.W. Tillinghast's earliest works, Cedar Crest opened in 1919 in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas as a private country club. It hosted the tenth PGA Championship in 1927, where Walter Hagen captured his fourth straight PGA title. After the private club folded during the Depression, the City of Dallas acquired the property in 1946 and reopened it as a municipal course. That civic ownership made Cedar Crest a cornerstone of African American golf history: in 1954 it hosted the United Golf Association's Negro National Open, the premier event of Black golf during segregation, part of the circuit that launched pioneers such as Charlie Sifford. The Tillinghast routing survives today as a beloved, affordable public track, later refreshed by Texan touring pro and architect D.A. Weibring.