Swope Memorial Golf Course

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Swope Memorial Golf Course
Club information
Coordinates39°00′06″N 94°31′00″W / 39.00157°N 94.51667°W / 39.00157; -94.51667
LocationKansas City, Missouri
Established1934
TypePublic
Total holes18
Events hostedKansas City Open Invitational (1949)
Websitehttp://www.swopememorialgolfcourse.com
Designed byA. W. Tillinghast
Par72
Length6274 yards
Course rating70.9
Slope rating132

Swope Memorial Golf Course is a golf course that was founded in 1934 and previously designed by golf course architect A. W. Tillinghast. It hosted the 1949 Kansas City Open Invitational, a PGA Tour event at the time and is the only golf course in the Kansas City area to have done so.

In 1953 Swope hosted the United Golf Association (UGA) National Championship, in which Ann Gregory and Charlie Sifford won the women's and men's divisions, respectively.[1]

Course layout[edit]

Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yardage N/A 372 317 267 368 451 172 330 167 477 2,921 384 361 504 235 416 349 134 566 404 3,353 6,274
Par N/A 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 5 36 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 5 4 36 72

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Demas, Lane (2017). Game of Privilege: An African American History of Golf. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-4696-3422-7.