Swope Memorial Golf Course

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]

  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.