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Why the change? The course was getting run down. According to the county, it hadn’t improved much since opening in 1962. When the U.S. Open came to L.A. in 2023, organizers decided to give back by funding a renovation plan for the course. It closed in January 2025.
What’s different: The $20 million renovation includes an expanded driving range and practice green. The practice facilities have also been refreshed, and there’s new landscaping overall. A new clubhouse, which will include a community room with a youth enrichment lab, is also coming soon in the next phase of the upgrade.
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Why the course matters: The nine-hole public course is named after Maggie Mae Hathaway, an avid golfer and popular sports columnist for the L.A. Sentinel in the 1950s. She advocated for integrating golf and is credited with breaking down race barriers at public golf courses. She died in 2001.
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