Mission Hills Country Club
Mission Hills, Johnson County, Kansas · Kansas City Metro & Johnson County golf market
- Access
- invitation only
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Tom Bendelow
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Mission Hills Country Club, founded June 30, 1914, is the club that gave the city of Mission Hills, Kansas its name — developer J.C. Nichols was the driving force behind its founding at the same time he began platting the surrounding upscale residential subdivision. Nichols found that Kansas-side lots sold less readily than Missouri-side ones in that era, and built the club partly as a draw for buyers willing to cross the state line. The original club footprint actually spanned both states (121 acres in Kansas, 7 in Missouri), with the first clubhouse sited on the Missouri side of that footprint because of looser liquor laws there at the time — a historical quirk that does not change the club's current identity as a Mission Hills, Kansas institution. Tom Bendelow designed the course, a par-70 layout of roughly 6,310 yards.
As with the other two 'big three' Mission Hills clubs, this session found the founding-era, golf-driven town-building story to be genuine and well documented, but found no evidence of a current, formal program bundling club membership with Mission Hills home purchase.
Golf & Course
Tom Bendelow designed the course, a par-70 layout of roughly 6,310 yards; the club's original footprint spanned 121 acres in Kansas and 7 acres in Missouri.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Mission Hills Country Club is a private, invitation-based club with no official published fee schedule found this session and no evidence of a current bundled-with-homeownership program.
Living in Mission Hills Country Club
Mission Hills, Kansas is the small, wealthy incorporated city J.C. Nichols began platting in 1914 directly around this club, using deed restrictions to establish and preserve a high-end, low-density residential character.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Club materials reference dining facilities; other amenity data was not confirmed this session.
Location & Surrounding Area
Mission Hills, Kansas sits directly on the Kansas-Missouri state line southwest of the Country Club Plaza.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fee, dues, and waitlist status directly with the club.
- Confirm there is no current formal homeowner-membership pathway beyond the historical town-founding relationship documented here.
Notable
- Founded June 30, 1914, largely through J.C. Nichols's own efforts, giving the city of Mission Hills, Kansas its name.
- The original club footprint spanned both states — 121 acres in Kansas and 7 in Missouri — with the first clubhouse sited on the Missouri side for its looser liquor laws at the time.
- Tom Bendelow designed the course, a par-70 layout of roughly 6,310 yards.
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