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1. 'Peanut' Still Pitching 'Peanut' Still Pitching August 18, 2010 The only woman to pitch in the Negro Leagues, Mamie Johnson (Peanut), will be one of the celebrities in the 2010 Buck O'Neil Golf Classic at the Shoal Creek Golf Course August 23, 1020. Johnson pitched...
2. 'Unrivaled' Lifestyle 'Unrivaled' Lifestyle June 18, 2006 Review of homes at The National, part of the golf community at the National Golf Club. Includes aerial photo.
3. A Bayer Overhaul: Move to LionsGate Among Tourney Changes A Bayer Overhaul: Move to LionsGate Among Tourney Changes October 1, 2004 Former Champions Tour has been renamed the Bayer Advantage Classic and has moved its venue to the Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate in Overland Park. The Champions Tour was at Loch Lloyd in Belton for eight...
4. A Solemn Ceremony at the Grave of Sarah Boone A Solemn Ceremony at the Grave of Sarah Boone May/30/1969 Photo and caption about the gravesite of Daniel Morgan Boone and his wife Sarah Boone at the southeast corner of the former Metro Golf Course grounds at 63rd and Brooklyn Avenue, visited by the Daughters...
5. Blue Hills--Scene of This Week's Kansas City Open Blue Hills--Scene of This Week's Kansas City Open September/2/1959 Illustration of the golf course at Blue Hills Country Club, the host of an important local golf tournament.
6. Champions Tour Comes to Tom's Course: The National Features a Difficult Back Nine Champions Tour Comes to Tom's Course: The National Features a Difficult Back Nine May 11, 2003 Discussion of The National Golf Club course in Parkville along with a map of the green where the Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am, a PGA Champions Tour, played May 12-18, 2003. Gives a look at each hole...
7. Cool Crest Has New Ownership Cool Crest Has New Ownership May 10, 2007 The Cool Crest Family Fun Center which is primarily located in Independence, Missouri, has been acquired by Trancas Capital LLC of Aliso Viejo, California. "The 8-acre park, which opened in 1950 on U.S....
8. Country Club in a Legal Battle Country Club in a Legal Battle December 6, 2011 Hillcrest Country Club, founded in 1916, has been "for nearly a century the home for Kansas Citians who felt out of place at the ritzier country clubs." Currently, "the old Hillcrest is dead, done in by...
9. Country Clubs Country Clubs May/17/1936 Copy of the article in the file.
10. Country Clubs Plan to Merge Country Clubs Plan to Merge June 19, 2009 Economic recession has caused two Johnson County country clubs to merge operations. The Meadowbrook Country Club in Prairie Village, founded in 1954, and Brookrdige Country Club in Overland Park, founded...
11. Deaths: John E. Byrne Deaths: John E. Byrne July/16/1971 Obituary for John Byrne, "70, of 10602 College, a professional golfer," winning "numerous local tournaments" and playing in the National Open tournament in 1929, a golf pro at various local country clubs,...
12. Fore! Fore! July 27-August 2, 2006 Article describes the efforts of historic preservationists to protect the home and factory of Kenneth Smith, a renowned manufacturer of golf clubs who died in 1977. Smith bought his Shawnee home, located...
13. Golf Shots Dropping on "Race Track" Recall Elm Ridge Days of Blue Hills Golf Shots Dropping on "Race Track" Recall Elm Ridge Days of Blue Hills July/28/1954 Article about the golf course's former days as a racetrack for horse racing, with photo and illustration.
14. Golf Tournament Emerges With New Course, Format Golf Tournament Emerges With New Course, Format May 11, 2003 The Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am, May 12-18, 2003, is not the same old Senior PGA tournament. Instead of "seniors," the tour emphasizes accomplishment instead of age. The setup has 74 pros and 74 celebrities/amateurs,...
15. Golf Where Horses Raced Golf Where Horses Raced September/2/1959 History of the grounds starting in 1904 as a horse racetrack and later becoming a golf course of Blue Hills Country Club.
16. Hyde Park Area Hyde Park Area May/17/1936 Article mentioning the early days of the Hyde Park district.
17. Kansas City Altitudes Kansas City Altitudes September 22, 1985 The highest point within the city limits of Kansas City is at 155th and Prospect Avenues--1,081 feet, according to Michael Wilson, chief of survey, engineering division, Kansas City Public Works Department....
18. Kansas Landmark Tower Kansas Landmark Tower August 17-23, 2007 Drawing and statistics for the Kansas Landmark Tower, designed to resemble a tornado. The 1,000-foot tower will be located in Edwardsville southwest of Interstates 70 and 435 and will be located on a "working...
19. KC Won't Run Monument KC Won't Run Monument January 30, 2004 The City Council approved a contract with the Liberty Memorial Association to operate Liberty Memorial. The city still owns the land and property. The site joins the Kansas City Zoo, Kemper Arena, and...
20. Kenneth Krakauer Kenneth Krakauer June/18/2001 Photo and obituary for Kenneth Krakauer (1918-2001), a civic activist, golf historian, and "owner and President of Adler's a chain of women's specialty stores, founded in 1894, by his grandfather, Bernhard...