Fort Worth, Texas

=== Recreation ===

==== Colonial National Invitational Golf Tournament ====
Fort Worth hosts an important professional men's golf tournament every May at the [[Colonial Country Club (Fort Worth)|Colonial Country Club]]. The Colonial Invitational Golf Tournament, now officially known as the [[Fort Worth Invitational]], is one of the more prestigious and historical events of the tour calendar. The Colonial Country Club was the home course of golfing legend [[Ben Hogan]], who was from Fort Worth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hogan's legacy lives on at Colonial Country Club |url=https://www.pgatour.com/long-form/2018/05/22/ben-hogan-legacy-colonial-country-club.html |website=PGATour |language=en |access-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731230028/https://www.pgatour.com/long-form/2018/05/22/ben-hogan-legacy-colonial-country-club.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Motor racing ====
[[File:Kaz Grala Pitting at Texas Motor Speedway 2018.jpg|thumb|[[Kaz Grala]] pitting at Texas Motor Speedway, 2018]]
[[File:Team calf-roping at a rodeo located in Fort Worth.jpg|thumb|Team calf-roping at a rodeo located in Fort Worth at the Stockyards]]
Fort Worth is home to [[Texas Motor Speedway]], also known as "The Great American Speedway". Texas Motor Speedway is a 1.5-mile quad-oval track located in the far northern part of the city in [[Denton County, Texas|Denton County]]. The speedway opened in 1997, and currently hosts an [[IndyCar]] event and six [[NASCAR]] events among three major race weekends a year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2014/IndyCar-Series/Texas |title=Firestone 600 |work=IndyCar.com |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224157/http://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2014/IndyCar-Series/Texas |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Texas Motor Speedway |url=http://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series/schedule/tracks/texas-motor-speedway.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422111844/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series/schedule/tracks/texas-motor-speedway.html |archive-date=April 22, 2015 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |work=NASCAR}}</ref>

Amateur sports-car racing in the greater Fort Worth area occurs mostly at two purpose-built tracks: [[MotorSport Ranch]] and [[Eagles Canyon Raceway]]. Sanctioning bodies include the [[Porsche Club of America]], the National Auto Sports Association, and the [[Sports Car Club of America]].

==== Cowtown Marathon ====
The annual [[Cowtown Marathon]] has been held every last weekend in February since 1978. The two-day activities include two 5Ks, a 10K, the half marathon, marathon, and ultra marathon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Information Center |url=https://www.cowtownmarathon.org/runners/information-center |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Cowtown Marathon |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623015624/https://www.cowtownmarathon.org/runners/information-center |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Rodeo ====
In addition to the weekly rodeos held at Cowtown Coliseum in the Stockyards, the [[Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show|Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo]] is held within the [[Will Rogers Memorial Center]] at the Dickies Arena.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo |url=https://www.fwssr.com/ |access-date=2021-07-09 |website=www.fwssr.com |language=en |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709070652/https://www.fwssr.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=http://dickies-dev.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/ |access-date=2021-07-09 |website=Dickies Arena |language=en |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185522/http://dickies-dev.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Dickies Arena also hosts a few TCU basketball games and in the future planned to host college basketball tournaments at the conference and national levels.