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 Golden Age Flair for Two Tulsa Courses
March 9, 2011
Imagine living in northeastern Oklahoma in the Roaring '20s as golf took a foothold in this part of America. In Tulsa alone two of golf's "Golden Age" architects roamed the area's rolling hills, ready to leave their distinctive marks with courses that have stood the test of time, if not the demands of progress.
Here, over a span of 30 years, A.W. Tillinghast and Perry Maxwell each designed two courses. Tillinghast routed the fantastic Tulsa Country Club in 1908 and worked his magic again in 1923 at the underappreciated Oaks Country Club eight miles from downtown Tulsa. Maxwell fashioned Indian Hills Golf Club (now called Cherokee Hills GC) in nearby Catoosa in 1924 before returning a dozen years later to create the sublime Southern Hills Country Club.
And while Tulsa CC and Southern Hills are always placed on the short list of recognized work by those two great architects, Oaks CC and Cherokee Hills also have considerable merit. We affirmed that during a steamy trip to Tulsa last summer.
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