The response was so great that the following year nine holes were formally dedicated and opened as Community Golf Course. In 1924, the USGA Public Links Tournament was held here. In 1982, the City of Dayton completed the major project of reconstructing all of the existing sandtraps and changing over to white sand. In 1983, the City of Dayton installed its first automatic irrigation system at Community Golf Course. This capital investment provided Community Golf Course with watered fairways, tees and greens.
Community is considered one of the finest public courses in the country.
In 1987, the Community Golf Course lost a substantial amount of mature trees due to a summer storm. The City of Dayton contracted not only to replace the storm damaged trees, but to plant hundreds of additional trees. In 1991, the City of Dayton took a major step to enhance the overall turf quality of the Community Golf Course by installing a completed cartpath system throughout both the Hills and the Dales Courses. This completed project is expected to increase revenue since carts will always be in use when the golf course is open for play. In 1992, the old snack bar at Community was renovated into a modern, full service restaurant with a fireplace, bar and a wooden deck overlooking the course.