The Women’s Texas Open was played from 1935 – 1955. Over the span of two decades, the event was held seventeen times - thirteen years at the River Crest Country Club and four years at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. The event was conducted by the Fort Worth Women's Golf Association, supervised by River Crest's longtime professional A.G. Mitchell, and was last played in 1955. Some of the game’s greatest names captured the event including Babe Zaharias who won the title five times, Aniela Goldthwaite, a three-time winner, and Betsy Rawls, Beverly Hanson, Polly Riley, and Betty Jameson who each captured the title twice.
The event was revived in 2001 by the Northern Texas PGA to promote the game to female golfers throughout the region. The name was changed to the Texas Women's Open. As host for the past nine years, Eastern Hills Country Club has become synonymous with women’s golf in the Dallas area and voted “Most female friendly private club in D/FW” by Avid Golfer Magazine. Nestled in the beautiful rolling hills overlooking Lake Ray Hubbard, Eastern Hills Country Club is Garland’s most prestigious private club and the ideal site for the Texas Women’s Open.
"The Texas Women's Open is one of the premier state opens for females in the United States. The event has steadily grown over the past nine years thanks in part to our partners at Eastern Hills Country Club. The club and its members look forward to hosting the event every year and role out the red carpet for all our contestants and sponsors. The golf course is always in tremendous condition and provides a difficult, yet fair test of golf. We look forward to enhancing the event even further and are excited about the future," said Mark Harrison, Director of Operations for the Northern Texas PGA.
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