(1907-2005)
1966-1967, President: American Society of Golf Course Architects
Farley was born in Kansas City, Mo. I 1907. Kansas claims him as Kansas' best known and most prolific golf course architect. He passed to glory on October 1 at his home in Sedona, Ariz. He was 98. His wife, Betty, followed him in death on October 5.
He was also an accomplished golfer: Floyd was a teammate of Kansas Hall of Famer Jug McSpaden on the Rosedale High School team of 1925 that was renowned as one of the great high school teams of all time. Farley also played the pro circuit but by 1947 was devoting all his time to golf course architecture.
Floyd FarleyFarley designed or remodeled more than 100 golf courses in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska and New Mexico, far more than any other architect in the area.
(1907-2005)
1966-1967, President: American Society of Golf Course Architects
Farley was born in Kansas City, Mo. in 1907.
He was also an accomplished golfer: Floyd was a teammate of Kansas Hall of Famer Jug McSpaden on the Rosedale High School team of 1925 that was renowned as one of the great high school teams of all time.
His career in golf started as a caddy in 1919 at age 12. After high school he worked at a number of courses as a club pro, In 1931 he went to Oklahoma to become the head pro at Twin Hills Golf & Country Club in Oklahoma, City,
The following year he was hired to design and build his first golf course, Woodlawn Golf Course in Oklahoma City. He stayed on as course pro and continued to play competitive golf winning the Oklahoma PGA Championship in 1936. That same year he accompanied A. W. Tillinghast around Oklahoma during the famous architects review and consulting with course owners and superintendents on behalf of the PGA of America. Farley won the Oklahoma Patch Play Open in 1937.
In 1941, he designed and built Meridian Golf Club in Oklahoma City, which he owned until 1961.
Floyd was drafted into the Army during WW II. Following his discharge after the war, he returned to golf. He turned his efforts to full time to golf course design. His preference was for par-70 layouts with three par-3 and two par-5 holes on each nine. His body of work was predominately in the Midwest with courses in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri.
He passed to glory on October 1 in Sedona, Ariz. He was 98. His wife, Betty, followed him in death on October 5.
Floyd FarleyFarley designed or remodeled more than 100 golf courses in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska and New Mexico, far more than any other architect in the area.
