Rancho Park Golf Course
Rancho Park Golf Course in 2008
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| Coordinates | 34°02′42″N 118°25′05″W / 34.045°N 118.418°WCoordinates: 34°02′42″N 118°25′05″W / 34.045°N 118.418°W |
| Location | 10460 W. Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, California |
| Established | 1947, 70 years ago |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | City of Los Angeles |
| Operated by | Department of Recreation & Parks |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Tournaments hosted |
Los Angeles Open (1956–67, 1969–72, 1983) Ralph's Senior Classic (1990–94) Sunstar Classic (LPGA: 1978–80) |
| Website | Ranch Park Golf Course |
| Designed by | William P. Bell |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,839 yd (6,254 m) |
| Course rating | 72.5 |
| Slope rating | 129 |
| Course record | 61 |
Rancho Park Golf Course is a municipal golf course in the western United States, located in southern California in the city of Los Angeles. Owned and operated by the city's Department of Recreation and Parks, the par-71 course in the Cheviot Hills neighborhood was designed by William P. Bell & William H. Johnson in 1947. The fairways are Bermuda Grass and the greens are Bent Grass.
It hosted the Los Angeles Open on the PGA Tour seventeen times, and also was the site of events on the Senior PGA Tour and LPGA Tour.
The site was originally a private club named Rancho Country Club. The club ran into some tax problems and the federal government took ownership to satisfy the tax debt and leased it back to the club. Several citizens spearheaded an effort to make the site into a city park. Their efforts were rewarded in 1945 with the creation of Cheviot Hills Park, a 200-acre (0.8 km2) park that included the golf course, tennis courts, and baseball fields.Hillcrest Country Club is adjacent to the northeast, separated by Motor Avenue.
The Los Angeles Open moved to Rancho Park in 1956 and stayed through 1972 (except for 1968) and hosted a final time in 1983. A bronze plaque is located on the 508-yard par-5 ninth hole (currently the 18th hole) along the course's western boundary. It commemorates an incident in the first round of the L.A. Open in 1961; reigning Masters and U.S. Open champion Arnold Palmer carded a twelve after a great tee shot was followed by four consecutive shots out of bounds. The hole narrows near the green, squeezing in between the driving range on the right and Patricia Avenue on the left; he hit the first two to the right, then two left. Five years later, Palmer tied the course record with 62 in the third round to take a seven-shot lead, then held on to win by a stroke, the second of his three victories here (1963, 1966, 1967).
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