Keeton Park Golf Course

Keeton Park Golf Course was designed by Dave Bennett, a native Texan and American Society of Golf Course Architects member since 1979 who holds landscape architect license number 007 in Texas. Bennett, known for authoring the licensing law for landscape architects in the state, designed over 100 courses across 14 states, Mexico, Canada, and Venezuela, including notable DFW-area work at Prestonwood Country Club's Hills Course in Plano and others like Cimarron Country Club in Mission and Highland Lakes Country Club at Lake Travis. The City of Dallas acquired the land in 1973 from the Pleasant Grove Chamber of Commerce on an old pecan plantation in the Trinity River Forest and opened the course in 1979. It is named for a long-tenured Parks Department employee and operates as one of the city's six municipal 18-hole courses. The greens and tees underwent renovation in 2008, with more recent improvements to the greens, fairways, championship tees, and driving range. The course has hosted Northern Texas PGA Junior tournaments, U.S. Kids events, First Tee programming, high school teams, and serves as a Drive, Chip and Putt local qualifier. It has been recognized as an Audubon sanctuary, earned a spot in Avid Golfer Magazine's Top 50 courses, and its range was named a Golf Range Association Top 50 facility in 2017. No previous names or major professional tournaments are documented.