Indian Hills Country Club
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The Indian Hills Country Club is a private club and golf course
in Mission Hills, Kansas
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The club was organized as the Community Golf Club in 1918 by J.C. Nichols
on land adjoining the Nichols' Mission Hills Country Club
. In 1922 it temporarily moved to land that is now the Kansas City Country Club
. Membership was open to anybody in Nichols subdivision of Mission Hills with an annual fee of $30 and $5 for each family member.
In 1925 the Kansas City Country Club took over the course and Nichols helped organize the Indian Hills Country Club. A.W. Tillinghast designed the course.
The three J.C. Nichols Clubs became the most socially desirable in the Kansas City Metropolitan area with Kansas City Country Club being first, Indian Hills second and finally Mission Hills.
The Nichols strategy to create the three clubs was to make Kansas more attractive to upscale buyers who had previously not wanted to leave Kansas City, Missouri
.
The original clubhouse was replaced in 1972 and was renovated from 1997 to 2001 and again in 2009.
The course an 18-hole 6,474 yard par 70.
Golf course
A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...
in Mission Hills, Kansas
Mission Hills, Kansas
Mission Hills is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,498. The city is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, which is adjacent to the east, across the aptly named State Line Road. Mission Hills was originally developed by noted Kansas...
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The club was organized as the Community Golf Club in 1918 by J.C. Nichols
Jesse Clyde Nichols
Jesse Clyde Nichols , better known as J. C. Nichols, was a prominent developer of commercial and residential real estate in Kansas City. He was born in Olathe, Kansas, attended the University of Kansas and Harvard University...
on land adjoining the Nichols' Mission Hills Country Club
Mission Hills Country Club (Kansas)
The Mission Hills Country Club is a private club and golf course in Mission Hills, Kansas.The Club, on the banks and hills of Brush Creek, was founded on June 30, 1914, largely through the efforts of J.C. Nichols, who was also developing the upscale planned community of Mission Hills...
. In 1922 it temporarily moved to land that is now the Kansas City Country Club
Kansas City Country Club
The Kansas City Country Club, founded in 1896, is a country club in Mission Hills, Kansas, USA, an affluent suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. It is the club for which the Country Club District and the Country Club Plaza of Kansas City are named...
. Membership was open to anybody in Nichols subdivision of Mission Hills with an annual fee of $30 and $5 for each family member.
In 1925 the Kansas City Country Club took over the course and Nichols helped organize the Indian Hills Country Club. A.W. Tillinghast designed the course.
The three J.C. Nichols Clubs became the most socially desirable in the Kansas City Metropolitan area with Kansas City Country Club being first, Indian Hills second and finally Mission Hills.
The Nichols strategy to create the three clubs was to make Kansas more attractive to upscale buyers who had previously not wanted to leave Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
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The original clubhouse was replaced in 1972 and was renovated from 1997 to 2001 and again in 2009.
The course an 18-hole 6,474 yard par 70.