Atlanta, GA
Druid Hills Golf Club
The Dogwood Invitational began at Druid Hills in 1941 as a stroke-play competition. In the Club’s history, organizer Dr. Julius Hughes explains that it was intended to prepare amateurs for qualifying rounds, when every shot counted toward a total.1
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- Course
- 18 holes · par 72
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The Dogwood counted every stroke
Tommy Barnes was the first winner, three years after joining Druid Hills as a junior member in 1938. The tournament’s emphasis on stroke play gave local amateurs practice in a format Hughes believed they needed.1
The course
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Championships
Results and dates 2 editions
U.S. Amateur
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Ben “Bubba” Dickerson
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U.S. Women's Open
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Betsy Rawls
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Sources and editorial notes4 references
Sources for this story
- History - Druid Hills History Druid Hills Golf Club
Club History: H.H. Barker design; Dogwood format rationale attributed to Julius Hughes; Tommy Barnes; 2003 Bob Cupp renovation.
Consulted 2026-10-09
Record sources
- Club mark source
- USGA: 2024 U.S. Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 10, 2001 result row. Ben “Bubba” Dickerson d. Robert Hamilton, 1 up. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Actual dates from the retrospective result table.
- USGA Women's Open Champions and Championship Results The official champions table records the 1951 winner and site. Recorded site text follows that table; no canonical Club or Course identity is inferred. Explicit date span: www.usga.org