The Heart of America Golf Course offers two challenging nine-hole golf layouts in Swope Park, one of the largest urban parks in the country. The old nine-hole golf course is a par 35 and measures 2,604 yards with very tight target areas.
The new nine-hole course was designed by Richard Allen, a landscape architect in the Parks and Recreation Department's Planning Services Division. It is a par 27 course and measures 1,200 yards. The course has several new features. Golfers on Hole Two will tee off across a water feature; on Hole Six they will face a green carved out of the hillside. At hole eight, golfers must hit off a cliff face down to the green.
Heart of America also is a host site for the First Tee, a nationally recognized Junior Golf Program.
Heart of America offers a snack bar, pro shop, locker facilities, putting and chipping greens along with a large driving range with both mat and grass hitting areas.
