Best Kansas City Golf w/ Decent Access

[Cliff Walston]

Headed to Kansas City for a wedding and looking to squeeze in a round.  Best options?  Any of the better privates willing to let people on with a call from your pro?  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Wayne Wiggins, Jr.]

Cliff -

I played Staley Farms this summer and really enjoyed it.  There are some threads on here that talk about it.  It's got a housing development feel to it, but there are some solid golf holes, especially on the back side.  I think it's semi-private, and worth a call. 

Wayne

[Jason Hines]

Hi Cliff,

I only know courses on the Kansas side, would suggest:

Falcon Ridge
Sycamore Ridge
Falcon Lakes

Have also heard good things about Staley Farms as well.

Private courses that should let you on:

Shadow Glen (Wieskopf)
Lionsgate (Nicklaus)
Milburn (Langford)

A word of caution, make sure that the course you play has not lost their greens.  It has been a rough summer and several have been playing temporary greens.

[Shane Wright]

Cliff -

I don't know what to tell you about access but if access isn't an issue, this is the order I would choose in KC. 

1. Hallbrook - I believe it is a Fazio - really good, really difficult, tough for access.
2. Kansas City CC - lots of history, Tom Watson's home course for many years
3. Shadow Glen
4. Milburn
5. Wolf Creek
6. Sycamore Ridge
7. Staley Farms
8. Lion's Gate

9.

[Jeff_Brauer]

If you play Milburn, there is little Langford left that is visible.  Either Packard or Gill remodeled it years ago.  I have played all the other ones except for Wolf Creek and Lions Gate and all are nice tests. 

There is also KC National by Watson which I have also played.  I don't even know how private it is, since I played as a guest.  Worth seeing, although it runs through housing.

Right near the airport is RTJ II Tiffany Green, which I have also played.  Pretty standard RTJII stuff, but the fifth green is an interesting center depression green, which I loved and the pro shop apologized for.

Now, if you want to drive a few hours, you could go to Manhattan and play Colbert Hills, which has better topography, etc.  But, it sounds like its out of your time frame.

[Garland Bayley]

Jeff,

After naming the architects, and remodelers of the other courses, you neglected to say who did Colbert Hills.