
Ellsworth Municipal Course
Ellsworth Golf Municipal Golf Club

About this course
Ellsworth Municipal Golf Club serves the small central Kansas community of Ellsworth, a town with deep roots in the cattle-drive era of the American frontier. The course operates as a public facility typical of rural Great Plains municipalities, providing accessible golf in a region where such amenities are valued community assets. The layout reflects the practical design approach common to modest municipal courses built to serve local populations rather than destination golfers. The course occupies gently rolling prairie terrain characteristic of the Smoky Hills region of Kansas. Players encounter the open landscapes and variable winds typical of central Kansas golf, where tree cover is limited and the land's natural contours shape play. The routing likely incorporates native grasses and seasonal creek beds that define the local topography, with fairways that follow the land's modest elevation changes. Ellsworth Municipal functions as a gathering place for area golfers, offering straightforward golf without pretense. The facility supports local leagues, junior programs, and casual weekend rounds that form the backbone of small-town golf culture across the Great Plains. Conditions and amenities reflect the realities of municipal golf operations in communities of fewer than three thousand residents, where the course exists primarily to serve neighbors and preserve green space. The club represents golf at its most democratic and community-focused, maintaining a tradition of accessible play in rural America.
Quick facts
- Location
- Ellsworth, KS, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 1926
- Holes
- 9
- Par
- 35
- Length
- 2,925 yards
- Difficulty
- 34.9/115
Getting there
Most visitors to Ellsworth Municipal Golf Club arrive via Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT), roughly ninety minutes east, though Salina Regional Airport offers a closer regional alternative for those charting a more direct path into the Kansas heartland. The drive west from Wichita traces Interstate 135 through the Smoky Hills, where the terrain gradually flattens into the wide-open prairie that defines this stretch of central Kansas. As you exit onto the quiet streets of Ellsworth - a historic cattle town along the old Smoky Hill Trail - the course reveals itself on the edge of town, a modest oasis of green against the golden expanse of wheat fields and big sky.

FAQ
Common questions about Ellsworth Municipal at Ellsworth Golf Municipal Golf Club
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Yes. Ellsworth Municipal at Ellsworth Golf Municipal Golf Club is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Ellsworth Municipal is 35.
Ellsworth Municipal plays 2,925 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Ellsworth Municipal is 115.
Ellsworth Municipal is a 9-hole course.



