The Kansas City Country Club ( KCCC ) is a golf course which was founded in 1896 in Kansas City, Missouri and today located in Mission Hills, Kansas . The Country Club District and Country Club Plaza of Kansas City are named for the club, which claims to be the third-oldest country club west of the Mississippi River .
6-508: KCCC may refer to: Kansas City Country Club Kent County Cricket Club Kandy Customs Cricket Club KCCC (AM) , a radio station (930 AM) licensed to Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States KCCC-LP , a low-power radio station (98.5 FM) formerly licensed to Hays, Kansas, United States KCCC-TV , a television station (channel 40) formerly licensed to Sacramento, California, United States Kuwait Cancer Control Centre Topics referred to by
12-449: Is 70. The club did not allow Jewish members until 1990 when it admitted billionaire H&R Block founder Henry Bloch . The club had initially rejected Henry Bloch for being Jewish, but changed course after pro golfer Tom Watson resigned his membership in protest. The club's most famous player is Tom Watson, who resigned in 1990 before rejoining after the club allowed its first Jewish member. Ray Watson, Tom's father, still holds
18-531: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kansas City Country Club The club has its roots in an informal golf course in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Kansas City , Missouri. In 1896, Hugh C. Ward, Charles Fessenden Morse , Jefferson Brumback, H. L. Harmon, A. W. Childs, C. J. Hubbard, J. E. Logan, Gardiner Lathrop, St. Clair Street, Ford Harvey, E. H. Chapman, E. S. Washburn, and W. B. Clarke incorporated
24-668: The Country Club Plaza . In 1925, the club moved its course a mile west to the banks of Brush Creek in Mission Hills. The club's former grounds then became Loose Park . The three J.C. Nichols Clubs became the most socially desirable in the Kansas City Metropolitan area with Kansas City Country Club being first, followed by Mission Hills followed by Indian Hills . The course was originally designed by Tom Bendelow and later redesigned by A. W. Tillinghast. The course par
30-638: The Kansas City Country Club and leased a pasture at what today is Loose Park in the Sunset Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. The tract of land belonged to Ward's father Seth E. Ward , a pioneer who made his fortune outfitting settlers on the Oregon Trail . In 1907, J. C. Nichols began buying land surrounding the course to develop the Country Club District , and later to develop
36-453: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title KCCC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KCCC&oldid=1217564314 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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