Golf Courses In Olathe, KS

Many people believe Olathe, Kansas, located 20 miles southwest of downtown Kansas City, takes its name from the Shawnee language word for “beautiful.” You’ll see some of this suburb’s beauty when you have a tee time at a local golf course. Prairie Highlands Golf Course, a walkable, Scottish-inspired layout with contoured greens, is all about shot placement. Heritage Park Golf Club, Olathe’s muni, presents a mix of tree-lined and links-style holes with water entering the fray on 11 holes. Sykes/Lady Overland Park Golf Course, a player-friendly muni, consists of three regulation nines and a 9-hole executive par 3 course. This is the busiest golf facility in the Kansas City metro area. St. Andrews Golf Club, another very popular Overland Park municipal layout, sports an Ozark feel and large greens. Smiley’s Executive Golf Course in Lenexa is a walking-only 9-hole layout with holes ranging from 75 yards to 325 yards. Also in Lenexa, Golf Advisor rates Falcon Valley Golf Club one of the very best courses in Kansas and one of the finest short courses in the entire U.S. Better still, you may be able to score a Hot Deal at this wind-swept, links-style, championship-length 9-hole layout.

Olathe, one of the most affluent communities in Kansas and the headquarters of the Garmin company, is a blend of city and country. It has appeared on some lists touting the best American cities to live in. To get a feel for what Kansas frontier life and stagecoach travel was like back in the 1800s, visit the MaHaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm. The Old Olathe Naval Air Museum is full of naval and air memorabilia, and the Kansas City Automotive Museum showcases 30 vintage vehicles. Olathe also boasts numerous parks, lakes, and trails for recreation and an attractive, revitalized downtown.