Ruth Park Golf Course is in the heart of University City, Missouri. It is a 9-hole facility with driving range available for anyone to play year round. Residents of University City get a reduced rate if they present a University ID card produced at the Centennial Commons.

Ruth Park Golf Course
Clubhouse
Club information
Ruth Park Golf Course is located in Missouri
Ruth Park Golf Course
Coordinates38°40′06″N 90°20′54″W / 38.66837°N 90.34844°W / 38.66837; -90.34844
LocationUniversity City, Missouri
Established1931
TypeMunicipal
Total holes9
Websiteruthparkgolf.org
Designed byRobert Foulis
Par35
Length3,023 yards (2,760 m)
Course rating34.0
Slope rating113[1]

Course History

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Founded in 1931, the course was designed by Robert Foulis who was an assistant at St. Andrews in Scotland prior to coming over to the United States. Foulis also designed other local courses, including the original Forest Park Golf Course as well as Normandie Golf Club, which is the oldest public course west of the Mississippi River. Ruth Park had plans to become an 18 hole facility, but that never ended up materializing. The course record of 29 (-6) was set by local legend Tile Kochtanek on July 14th 2023.

Layout

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Ruth Park Golf Course has a unique design that uses the slightly hilly terrain. The fairways are very wide throughout, but the greens are quite small. Several holes have out of bounds to the right off the tee. The course has undergone some work as of late to improve the fairways, and the transition to completely zoysia fairways, with bent grass greens. The second, sixth, and seventh hole are tree lined. There is a small practice putting green to go along with the driving range.

Scorecard

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Ruth Park Golf Course
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Par 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 35
Blue M:34.0/113
W:37.1/125
374 336 499 155 411 414 341 144 349 3023
White M:32.8/112
W:35.5/118
339 312 479 131 380 335 317 131 328 2752
Red M:30.6/94
W:32.2/99
296 302 425 106 241 301 267 123 315 2376
SI 2 6 4 8 1 7 5 9 3

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References

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  1. ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Ruth Park Golf Course". USGA. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  2. ^ "Ruth Park Golf Course". Ruth Park Golf Course. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
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