A project to recapture AW Tillinghast’s original vision for Swope Memorial Golf Course in Kansas City, Missouri, is in ...

Of the five golf courses operated by Kansas City’s parks system, Swope Memorial is where it’s easiest to touch a bit of golf history. ... “It’s this 445-yard roller coaster.

The National, a private course designed by Watson himself, is a par-72 track capped by a massive 577-yard par-5 on the 18th hole. The first golfers of the event tee off at 7:20 a.m. Thursday ...