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Following an extensive restoration that returned Swope Memorial Golf Course to A.W. Tillinghast's original design, Kansas City's Home Course enters a new era while honoring its rich history. Carved through the wooded landscape of Swope Park, the course features a tight, strategic layout with rolling fairways and undulating greens that provide a true test of golf. Sweeping views of the downtown Kansas City skyline, paired with the unmistakable roars of the lions from the Kansas City Zoo below, create a golfing experience unlike any other in the city.

6,324

Yardage

71

Par

18

Holes

1915

Year opened

Why play golf at Swope Memorial?

Unique setting

Skyline views of downtown, accompanied by the roars of lions from the K.C. Zoo below, give this course character that is unmatched anywhere in the city.

Historic design

Originally opened in 1915, the course was completely re-designed by A.W. Tillinghast in 1934. In 2025, the course went through a complete historic restoration to bring it back to Tillinghast's original intent.

Scorecards

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Map

Where we are

In downtown Kansas City Missouri right by
the Kansas City Zoo.

Where are we

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Lessons

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Leagues

Swope Memorial Golf Course has several regularly meeting golf leagues.

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