Keth Memorial Golf Course

Keth Memorial Golf Course is a Public, 18 hole golf course located about one hour from downtown Kansas City in Warrensburg, Missouri. The facility is owned and operated by the University of Central Missouri, and is the home of the UCM Mules Golf Team.

Keth Memorial Golf Course first opened for play in 1962. The course was originally 9-holes with sand greens, but in 1972 an additional 9 holes were added and te course and converted to grass greens. The course was designed by Dr. Earl Keth.

The course is fairly short, has plenty of hills, and trees and yet is for the most part, wide open. All the greens are small and about medium speed. The course is located in the Pertie Springs recreational park, near the university. The signature hole is #18, a 165-yard, par 3, requiring a tee shot over water to a small green.

Black tees: par-71, 6,029 yards, 69.0 / 125

White tees: par-71, 6,029 yards, 67.7 / 123

Red tees: par-71, 6,029 yards, 68.8

Keth Memorial GC is named in honor of Dr. Earl Keth, who was Central Missouri State University's first All-American in basketball. In addition to his outstanding playing career at Central Missouri, Keth was the Mules Head Basketball Coach for 15 seasons from 1946 through 1961. He was the Mules Golf Coach from 1961 until the time of his death in 1972. He was the original architect of the golf course, now named in his honor. On June 30, 1990 Dr. Keth was inducted posthumously into the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame.