Lakewood Country Club
Lakewood Country Club, circa 1919 | |
Location in the Texas | |
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Dallas, Texas |
| Established | 1912 |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Events hosted | Dallas Open (1944) |
| Website | www.lakewoodcc.com |
| Designed by | Tom Bendelow, Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,742 |
| Course rating | 73.5 |
| Slope rating | 135 |
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Lakewood Country Club is a private country club in Dallas, Texas, 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 Lakewood, Dallas, Texas, about five miles east, northeast of downtown Dallas. Lakewood Country Club hosted the Texas Victory Open, a PGA Tour golf tournament now known as the HP Byron Nelson Championship, in 1944, the only year the tournament was won by renowned professional golfer Byron Nelson, who is now the tournament's namesake.