WHITMOOR COUNTRY CLUB

The rolling hills west of St. Louis provide perfect canvas for this Gary Kern design, where elevation changes of 100 feet create dramatic downhill tee shots and blind approaches that demand course knowledge. The par-4 14th epitomizes the layout's strategic brilliance—a sweeping dogleg left where aggressive drives flirt with fairway bunkers for a shorter iron into an elevated, well-guarded green. Missouri's unpredictable weather can firm up these bent grass surfaces quickly, turning what appears to be a straightforward mid-handicap test into a legitimate scoring challenge.