TPC San Antonio lies deep in the heart of Texas’ Hill Country, utilizing the surrounding terrain and year-long golf weather to provide two excellent golf course experiences. The Canyons Course is the more player-friendly, although you wouldn’t want to call the Pete Dye design necessarily “easy.” The Oaks Course is home to the PGA Tour’s Valero Texas Open and is a stiffer test of golf skills. The two courses complement each other well with the Oaks featuring more tree-lined fairways and little elevation changes, while the Canyons course utilizes the elevation changes to lay out interesting views and hole designs as it winds through the

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The weather outside might be frightful, but golf in Kansas City in the winter still can be delightful if you choose the right options. There are plenty of places to hone your game while you wait for springtime weather to return. You can get indoor lessons, play a round at an indoor simulator or hit one of the many driving ranges that use heated bays to stay open. And with the occasional unseasonably warm day, you might even be able to get on your favorite course. Rust should never be an option. One good option is True Aim Indoor Golf, which has been open for almost two years

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Golf anytime, regardless of the weather or time of day, including PGA Golf Instruction – True Aim Indoor Golf KC offers this and much more at its new location on the west side of Metcalf Avenue just north of 151st in Overland Park. The facility opened in March and features three hitting bays utilizing Uneekor QED 4K Ultra HD golf simulators that provide overhead video and hyperspeed cameras to capture a multitude of club head and ball measurements. The wealth of data on each ball strike is incredible, providing, among other metrics, club face angle, club head path and speed, ball speed, back spin, side

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Open For Play: Kansas City Courses First off, we hope you all are safe and are following CDC and local guidelines for helping to contain the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. We also hope you're keeping your sanity with home lockdowns, kid home-schooling, and of course, the economic impacts. Thankfully, a fair number of our local Kansas City golf courses are open, but a few remain closed. Its hit and miss and our experience so far tells us that those that are open are very busy on every golf-able day. Here is the list as we know it now (updated as of April 15). Please check with the golf course directly

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Tiffany Greens Golf Club observed its 20th birthday in June and a lot has changed at the course and in golf over those years. Tiffany Greens opened as a high-end championship caliber course and for four years was an annual stop on the prestigious PGA Senior Tour. Today, the course is still highly rated for its unique design and setting, but it is slightly less demanding and a little more laid back than in the past. “Golf has become more relaxed in the past 20 years,” said Kyle Hurst, general manager and PGA Director of Golf at Tiffany Greens in the Northland. “The wearing of slacks

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The old adage: “Drive for show, putt for dough” only works if your driver works. If your driver is a “no show,” the dough is long gone before you get to putt. With that in mind, there’s never been a better time to find a driver that fits your swing. Instead of trying to change your swing to fit the driver you bought, it’s time to buy a driver that fits your swing. You’re a golfer who “grips it and rips it”? Find a driver that helps you control aim and trajectory. You’re more of a cautious driver who doesn’t get too far down the fairway? Find

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There’s nothing like the annual Kansas City Golf Show to get people hyped about spring and the upcoming golf season. This year’s three-day show starts on Friday, Feb. 15 at the Overland Park Convention Center, and features the newest models of golf clubs, racks upon racks of used equipment, golf clinics, and dozens of sponsor booths. All that you maybe knew – but did you know it also offers up to 17 rounds of free green fees  just for buying a ticket? “That’s a record amount of free golf for this show,” said Brian Beaky, director of communications for Varsity Communications, Inc., a spokesman for the show.  “If

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One of Kansas City’s best golf values is Hodge Park Golf Course in Kansas City, Mo. The 5707-yard course (from the white tees) is not long, but there are plenty of challenges, with lots of risks and rewards. A smart player has a good chance to win over a masher. The best example of that is the 10th hole. The 371-yard par 4 is actually much shorter as the crow flies. But going for the green is not a wise idea. In fact, probably the best play is an iron off the tee to a little right of the middle of the fairway that leaves a

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For the full golf experience, it’s hard to beat Paradise Pointe Golf Complex in Smithville. Paradise point is unique in Kansas City for having two 18-hole golf courses, plus a four-hole practice course.  The two courses are built along Smithville Lake, offering not only sweeping views of the lake but several holes where water lines fairways or surrounds greens. Just as the courses are memorable, so is the pro shop. Paradise Pointe prides itself on having the largest and most varied selection of fitted clubs and other golf equipment in Kansas City. Paradise Pointe is also set up to host large golf events, with a 4,000-square-foot banquet room

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The next time one of your out-of-town buddies tells you that Kansas is flat and boring, take him to Tomahawks Hills Golf Course in Shawnee. The 5,978-yard course (from the blue tees) is more like two courses played at different elevations. The course is still in Kansas, so we’re talking about differences of a few hundred feet, but there’s a definite separation. With numerous hidden greens and sloped fairways, the par-70 course is challenging but fair. The challenge mostly revolves around the uniqueness of almost every hole. Many of the visible greens are crowned, making perfect approach shots almost necessary. “This is totally different than any other course

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