Swope Memorial Golf Course
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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, which made it the only public golf in the area to do so.
A. W. Tillinghast
Albert Warren "Tillie" Tillinghast was a noted American golf course architect. Tillinghast was one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on no fewer than 265 different courses....
. It hosted the 1949 Kansas City Open Invitational
Kansas City Open Invitational
The Kansas City Open Invitational, which played as the Kansas City Open for most of its history, was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in the greater Kansas City area in the late 1940s and 1950s. A total of four different clubs hosted the event...
, a PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
event at the time, which made it the only public golf in the area to do so.