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The Tall City Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1964 to 1968. [1] It was played in Midland, Texas at the Hogan Park Golf Club, except in 1967 when it was played at the Midland Country Club. At the inaugural Tall City Open, Wright shot a 62 in the third and final round. It was the lowest score in LPGA Tour history at that time. [2]
It was the lowest score in LPGA Tour history at that time, [4] at a course (Hogan Park in Midland, Texas) on which the men's record, at the time, was 66. [5] Wright's Tall City Open win is also tied for the largest final round comeback (10 shots) in LPGA history. [6] Wright was coached by Harry Pressler.
The WNB Golf Classic was a professional golf tournament in the United States on the Web.com Tour. It was played annually at the Midland Country Club in Midland, Texas, and the title sponsor was Western National Bank. It debuted in 1992 as the Ben Hogan Permian Basin Open at the Club at Mission Dorado in Odessa.
Hogan helped to design the original plans for the Trophy Club Country Club golf course in Trophy Club and 18 of the course's 36 holes are designated as the "Hogan" Course. Hogan played on two U.S. Ryder Cup teams, 1947 and 1951, and captained the team three times, 1947, 1949, and 1967, famously claiming on the last occasion to have brought the ...
Sandstorm, 1894 Main Street, 1894. Midland was established in June 1881 as Midway Station, on the Texas and Pacific Railway.Its name came from its central location between Fort Worth and El Paso, but because there were already other towns in Texas named Midway, the city changed its name to Midland in January 1884 when it was granted its first post office.
The LPGA is founded, replacing the ailing Women's Professional Golf Association. Ben Hogan, only weeks after returning to the PGA Tour following a near-fatal auto accident, wins the U.S. Open at Merion. 1951. Francis Ouimet becomes the first American Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
The Petroleum Building (formerly known as the Hogan Building) is a highrise in downtown Midland, TX. The building was built in 1928 and consists of 12 floors with a neo-gothic facade. The building stands at 137 ft but with its spires reaches a height of 151 ft. The Hogan building is a registered, Texas historical landmark. The tower is named ...
The park includes the 18-hole Memorial Park Golf Course, Texas's top-rated municipal golf course. Formerly the site of a nine-hole course launched in 1912, it was completely redesigned by John Bredemus and opened 89 years ago in 1936. The course rating is 75.0 with a slope rating of 130 from its back tees. [6]