Karsten Creek

Karsten Creek Golf Club is located 6 miles (9.7 km) west on State Highway 51, just outside Stillwater, Oklahoma. It replaced Lakeside Golf Course as the home course of the Oklahoma State University (OSU) Men's and Women's golf teams in 1994. Karsten Creek now stands as one of the most respected college golf courses in America, and is a powerful aid in the recruiting and development of athletes in the 11-time national champion Cowboy golf program.

Karsten Creek logo

Mike Holder, a former Cowboy golf coach and current athletic director at Oklahoma State, convinced famed golf course architect Tom Fazio to design the course in hopes of creating one of the most challenging courses in the United States on the Oklahoma plains.

The course stretches over 7,400 yards (6,800 m) with SR1020 bent-grass greens and zoysia fairways that wind through native blackjack oak trees. 110-acre (0.45 km2) Lake Louise comes into play on many holes, with the greens lying just a few yards away from the water on some occasions. Karsten Creek and Lake Louise earned their names to honor Karsten Solheim, founder of Karsten Manufacturing (manufacturer of the PING brand of golf clubs), and his wife Louise, both of whom have been great supporters of the Oklahoma State golf program for many years. The $4.5 million clubhouse was completed in June 2001.[1]

Honors

Karsten Creek was opened on May 9, 1994, and earned the distinction of "Best New Public Course for 1994" by Golf Digest and has earned numerous accolades since. Golf Digest honored Karsten Creek again in 1998, this time awarding the course its first five-star rating, giving Karsten Creek the distinction of being among only ten courses in the United States to earn such an honor. Karsten Creek was selected as host site for the NCAA Men's Golf Championship in 2003, 2011, and 2018. Travel & Leisure Golf magazine ranked Karsten Creek as the best college course in the country.

Scorecard
Karsten Creek Score Card
(All measurements in yards)
Hole123456789101112131415161718Totals
Cowboy tees5424581983494813502065016234772093514255702174714715517449
Member tees4964001773204563221654125353951693404045221753994284826597
Fazio tees4963771552973972861373964903621473033854921523673904406069
Par54344434543445344572
Handicap rating151711591331761018412168214
TeesSlope / Rating
Cowboy tees77.2 / 152
Member tees73.3 / 141
Fazio tees71.1 / 134

Services available
  • Restaurant: Breakfast (weekends only) Lunch (everyday) Dinners (limited)
  • Pro-Shop Merchandise & Apparel
  • PING Golf Clubs
  • Certified PING Club Fittings
  • Individual and Group Instruction
  • Junior Golf Instruction
  • Meetings & Events
  • Lodging

References
  1. "Karsten Creek Golf Club."Oklahoma State University. 2015.

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