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Kansas City Golf Trail-The St. Andrews Golf Club

St Andrews Golf Club, Shawnee Mission

St. Andrews Golf Club is on the south side of Kansas City between I-35 and US 69 on 133rd St in a municipal park and sports complex.

A couple of items here. The locals refer to this course as “Slow Andrews” owing to the pace of play, but after all, it is a municipal golf course. Second, if you’re looking work on your game, the practice facility here is very well done with target greens on the range in addition to short game and putting greens.

The course winds through thick, three lined fairway over slightly rolling land with a mix of generous and confined corridors and numerous doglegs. There’s less than 20 sand bunkers in total, but water features in the form of lakes and streams come into play on 1/3 of the holes. There’s five sets of tees from 4,160 yards to 6,362 yards, 71.0/1126, course/slope ratings off the tips, designed by Craig Schreiner and John Nash.

Cassville Golf Club

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Cassville Golf Club

The Best Public Golf Course guide feature 4,500 of the best golf courses from the national golf periodical lists as well as those hidden gems our readers discover. Every week we profile special courses that may just fly under the radar screen or be located away from traditional golf destinations. The Cassville Golf Club is just such a golf club. It’s located about 1 1/2 hours from either Springfield or Joplin, Missouri on the south side of Cassville. It’s just north of the Rolling River State Park, 20 minutes from the Eagle Rock Marina on Table Rock Lake, and about an hour west of Branson. It’s a small town, community golf club that welcomes public play and was designed, financed, and currently supported by its membership.

The course is set on a roomy tract of land with homes well off the fairway on a couple of holes. Its fairways are dotted with trees along straightforward and slight to moderate doglegs. There’s three ponds impacting play on multiple holes, but less than 15 sand bunkers overall. There’s four sets of tees from 4,809 yards to 6,665 yards, 71.3/122, course/slope ratings.