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. 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.^[1]

The original club consisted of 121 acres (0.49 km²) in Kansas and 7 acres (28,000 m²) in Missouri, with the clubhouse on the Missouri side because of easier liquor laws there.^[2]

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.^[3]

References

1. ^ A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans - William E. Connelly - Lewis Publishing Company - 1918
2. ^ "Mission Hills Country Club". Missionhillscc.memberstatements.com. http://missionhillscc.memberstatements.com/tour/tours.cfm?clubid=12710&TourID=36150. Retrieved 2010-03-17. 
3. ^ Cook, Chuck. "Mission Hills Country Club | Mission Hills Golf Course". Golflink.com. http://www.golflink.com/golf-courses/course.aspx?course=414445. Retrieved 2010-03-17. 

External links

• missionhilscc.com

Coordinates: 39°01′44″N 94°36′53″W / 39.028902°N 94.61465°W / 39.028902; -94.61465