Mission Hills Country Club (Kansas)
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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. Nichols found that upscale homes were harder to sell in Kansas than in Kansas City, Missouri
, and as a result he built the upscale club to attract buyers.
The original club consisted of 121 acre (0.48967006 km²) in Kansas and 7 acres (28,328 m²) in Missouri, with the clubhouse on the Missouri side because of easier liquor laws there.
Adjoining the club on the Kansas side Nichols established the Community Golf Club. In 1922 that club moved to what is now the Kansas City Country Club
. Thereafter, the Community Golf Club established the Indian Hills Country Club
.
In the 1950s the Club sold the Missouri clubhouse (which is now used for the Carriage Club).
Kivett and Myers
designed the current clubhouse on the Kansas side. In 1967, a Ladies Card Room was added and the Men's Grill was added in 1973. It had major renovations in 1990 and 2001.
The 18-hole 6,310 yard course was designed by Tom Bendelow
.
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, 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. Nichols found that upscale homes were harder to sell in Kansas than in 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...
, and as a result he built the upscale club to attract buyers.
The original club consisted of 121 acre (0.48967006 km²) in Kansas and 7 acres (28,328 m²) in Missouri, with the clubhouse on the Missouri side because of easier liquor laws there.
Adjoining the club on the Kansas side Nichols established the Community Golf Club. In 1922 that club moved to what 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...
. Thereafter, the Community Golf Club established the Indian Hills Country Club
Indian Hills Country Club
The Indian Hills Country Club is a private club and golf course in Mission Hills, Kansas.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...
.
In the 1950s the Club sold the Missouri clubhouse (which is now used for the Carriage Club).
Kivett and Myers
Kivett and Myers
Kivett & Myers was a Kansas City, Missouri architecture firm that pioneered the design of modern professional sports stadiums.Clarence Kivett graduated from the University of Kansas in 1928 and his first big design project was the art deco design of Katz Drug at Main Street and Westport in 1934...
designed the current clubhouse on the Kansas side. In 1967, a Ladies Card Room was added and the Men's Grill was added in 1973. It had major renovations in 1990 and 2001.
The 18-hole 6,310 yard course was designed by Tom Bendelow
Tom Bendelow
Tom Bendelow , nicknamed "The Johnny Appleseed of American Golf", was a prolific Scottish American golf course architect during the first half of the twentieth century. He is credited with having designed some 600 courses in a 35-year span....
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