Swope Memorial Golf Course Explained

Golf Facility Name:Swope Memorial Golf Course
Location:Kansas City, Missouri
Establishment:1934
Type:Public
Holes:18
Tournaments:Kansas City Open Invitational (1949)
Website:http://www.swopememorialgolfcourse.com
Designer1:A. W. Tillinghast
Par1:72
Length1:6274 yards
Rating1:70.9
Slope1:132

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]

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Notes and References

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