Situated close to Kansas City Zoo, Swope Memorial Golf Course is an A.W. Tillinghast design which first opened its doors to the public in 1934. It’s a tight course, with many of the tree-lined, undulating fairways playing to multi-tiered greens.
Situated close to Kansas City Zoo, Swope Memorial Golf Course is an A.W. Tillinghast design which first opened its doors to the public in 1934. It’s a tight course, with many of the tree-lined, undulating fairways playing to multi-tiered greens.
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A.W. Tillinghast’s father took him to St Andrews in 1896 and introduced him to Old Tom Morris. His golfing passion developed rapidly following lessons from the old master and four-time Open Champion.
“A.W. Tillinghast, known in his day as “Tillie the Terror”, was as outstanding golf architect, and also one of the most colorful characters in the history of golf,” wrote Geoff Cornish and Ron Whitten in The Golf Course. “The only child of a wealthy Philadelphia couple, Tillinghast was a spoiled, pampered youth. He ran with a local gang of boys – called The Kelly Street Gang – who seemed bent on engaging in the most scandalous behaviour that could be attempted in the late 1890s.
Overall rating
3.5
Overall rating
3.5
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