Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club is a Perry Maxwell-designed parkland jewel, rich with strategic nuance and century-old history. It's a regionally elite course that rewards patience and demands intelligent shotmaking at every turn.
Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club embodies Perry Maxwell’s genius for blending strategic challenge with natural elegance. The routing flows over rolling parkland terrain, with tree-lined corridors demanding precise ball placement and varied shot shapes. Maxwell’s famed green complexes—fiercely undulating, multi-tiered, and often well-defended—are the heart of the test, rewarding thoughtful approach play and creative recovery shots. Renovations have faithfully preserved the course’s architectural DNA, restoring width, angles, and classic bunkering while ensuring modern-class conditions.
Maxwell delivered a course where creative angles, bold green contours, and shotmaking intelligence are essential; the 2020 Tripp Davis restoration renewed these hallmarks for a new generation.
This drivable par 4 seduces bold players but punishes the careless. With a small, angled green guarded by bunkers, placement off the tee is critical. It’s a quintessential risk/reward short hole where strategy trumps length.
Nuanced tee decision: lay back for a wedge or attack but risk trouble short and right. Approach from the wrong angle can make par elusive.
Aggressive lines bring bunkers and tricky rough into play; mishits leave awkward short-game shots to a slippery green.
Pristine private-club standards with smooth fairways, firm greens, and strategic classic bunkering.
4 to 4.5 hours; efficient but relaxed private-club rhythm, especially midweek.
Traditional, understated elegance with a sense of Oklahoma golf history and regional pride.
Tight lies and crafty greens make short-game touch critical for scoring.
Familiarize yourself with the day’s hole locations to avoid three-putt pitfalls.
Conservative play to correct angles beats hero golf—plan every shot.
If weather allows and you like a stroll, walking is enjoyable—otherwise, carts keep the pace brisk.
Club founded through city subscription effort
Original course opened at Western Ave & NW 36th
Perry Maxwell's current course opened in Nichols Hills
First Trans-Mississippi Amateur hosted
Hosted U.S. Amateur, won by Gene Littler
Course restoration by Tripp Davis & Associates
Ranked 7th in Oklahoma by Golf Digest
In 1911, over 300 residents banded together to give Oklahoma City a true country club, making the club’s founding a community triumph and not just a private playground for a few. That legacy is still felt in its deep roots and city pride.
The 1953 U.S. Amateur remains the club's most fabled moment, when Gene Littler bested Dale Morey on the final hole—reminding players today that every swing can be historic on these storied grounds.
A major restoration in 2020 led by Tripp Davis revived Perry Maxwell’s classic sightlines, strategic bunkering, and bold green contours—ensuring every round channels the spirit of one of America's great architects.
Hosting the Trans-Mississippi Amateur six times since 1932, the club has long been a proving ground for top amateurs forging their reputations against Maxwell’s strategic gauntlet.
Site of the 1953 U.S. Amateur, where Gene Littler triumphed.
Charter members founded the club through a city-wide public subscription.
Hosted the prestigious Trans-Mississippi Amateur six times.
Features classic Perry Maxwell green contouring—subtle and severe.
Recently restored to its original strategic width and angles by Tripp Davis.
Accessible, fun muni with two distinct nines and big-sky views
Elite championship pedigree and regular major amateur events
Solid daily-fee option in Norman with architectural substance
User-friendly Norman public choice with quality conditions
Stay in northwest Oklahoma City or Nichols Hills for easy club, downtown, and airport access.
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