Tampa · FL

Rogers Park Golf Club

Est. 1952 · Willie Black

Par

Rating

72.4

Slope

126

Length

4,983–6,699 yd

Holes

Par 71Out 36In 35Full card ▾

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out
Yds	548	429	384	420	404	149	433	203	495	3465
Par	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	5	36
Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In
Yds	369	370	200	398	537	141	378	419	422	3234
Par	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	35

About Rogers Park Golf Club

A City of Tampa municipal course, Rogers Park opened as a nine-hole layout around 1952, built by Willie Black and a crew of Black caddies from Palma Ceia Country Club after Mayor Curtis Hixon granted them permission to use part of the park. Named for Black entrepreneur and philanthropist Garfield Devoe Rogers Sr., it was Tampa's first golf course open to Black residents during segregation. It soon expanded to 18 holes and became a nationally known stop on the Black golf circuit.

Via WTSP 10 Tampa Bay — “How Rogers Park Golf Course became a haven for black golfers during segregation”

Via WUSF — “How Rogers Park Golf Course shaped Tampa's Black community”

Via USGA — “Willie Black's Dream: Rogers Park”