Brackenridge Park
City park in San Antonio, TexasWikipedia
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Sep 7, 2026
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Ken WiseHOST
right before i get started let me mention one thing this is sort of a companion episode to episode five which was about brackenridge park the tournament was born at brackenridge park and it was played there 21 times but that episode was really about the golf course this one's about the tournament and the tournament was started by a guy named jack o'brien he was the sports editor of the san antonio evening news And he was looking at the wire machine one night and he found two stories.
Ken WiseHOST
One was about the 1921 U.S. Open.
Ken WiseHOST
It was played in Maryland at Columbia Country Club.
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Ken WiseHOST
And they created the Los Angeles Open in 1926 at Los Angeles Country Club.
Ken WiseHOST
There was a $10,000 purse for that tournament, which was probably the highest purse in professional golf at the time.
Ken WiseHOST
So by 1926... a professional golfer could go play in los angeles then it could come to dallas then he could go to san antonio so you see the beginning of a southern circuit the texas open would stay on municipal golf courses it was played at brackenridge park also mentioned willow springs it was also had a part of the tournament played at fort sam houston also the home of an aw tillinghast course Let's go back to 1923 and talk about the second Texas Open because word had definitely gotten around.
Ken WiseHOST
Tommy Armour came, Jack Burke Sr., Joe Kirkwood, a famous trick shot artist.
Miranda SuarezHOST
Texas Public Radio's Tim Gutierrez explains why one author says cities may be among the most important ecosystems in the country.
Tim GutierrezCORRESPONDENT
country.This squirrel at Brackenridge Park in San Antonio is doing more than searching for its next meal.
Tim GutierrezCORRESPONDENT
It is adapting to life in one of the country's fastest growing cities.
Tim GutierrezCORRESPONDENT
As cities grow, wildlife is finding new ways to survive alongside people, according to author and scientist Dan Werb.
Ken WiseHOST
It's called, colloquially, Old Brack.
Ken WiseHOST
Officially, it's the Brackenridge Park Golf Course, and it's a municipal golf course, a muni.
Ken WiseHOST
Anybody can play it.
Ken WiseHOST
And this episode will tell you the story of how it all happened.
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Ken WiseHOST
All those animals that were over there, the wolves had taken up residence and they needed to relocate that too.
Ken WiseHOST
It's a good thing they did because that's the last thing we need when we're trying to hit our chip shot.
Ken WiseHOST
So Tillinghast Golf Course, which was called the Brackenridge Park Golf Links, although the newspaper refers to it as Brackenridge Municipal Links, The front nine opened in February 1916, and the back nine opened later that year.
Ken WiseHOST
And when the back nine opened, Texas had its first 18-hole public golf course.
Joe SierraGUEST
Um, again, you gotta bring up my dude Aldo, man.
Joe SierraGUEST
Um, during, like, COVID, we did a lot of runs just down here in the River Walk, from, like, South Town all the way to, to Brackenridge Park, um, and back.
Joe SierraGUEST
And, uh, we, man, we, we had this idea of, of making a run group called the River Rats.
MasonHOST
[laughs]