Hickory Hills Country Club

Overview: Hickory Hills Country Club in Springfield is a traditional Missouri parkland course with mature trees, rolling ground and a long history of staged development. The layout is built around tree-lined fairways and strategic greens rather than dramatic resort scenery, giving the course a steady, classic rhythm. Floyd Farley is associated with later architectural work on the property, while the original course history also reaches back to Perry Maxwell’s planning and construction of the first two nines.

History: Hickory Hills was established in 1926, but the golf project began earlier. Perry Maxwell was involved in laying out the course in 1925, when plans called for an eventual 18 holes. The initial nine-hole phase was ready for play on May 31, 1925; construction of the second nine began in 1926, and those holes followed in July 1927. Later historical research identifies Floyd Farley with a 1930s redesign, explaining why the present course is commonly associated with him even though its origins are tied to Maxwell and the club’s early expansion.

Did You Know? Hickory Hills reached 18 holes in two construction phases rather than appearing as a single completed project. That sequence is visible in its architectural record: Maxwell planned and laid out the early course, while later work adapted the property as the club matured. The result is a historic Springfield course whose current identity carries both the 1920s foundation and the later Farley influence.