The most famous golf course in Tulsa is the Perry Maxwell
designed Southern Hills Country Club host of three US Opens and
four PGA Championships. Tulsa has another distinguished course,
Tulsa Country Club, located in the Osage Hills northwest of
downtown Tulsa designed by A.J. Tillinghast one of the foremost
golf architects of the early 20th century. Tillinghast also
designed the Black Course at Bethpage State Park and Winged Foot,
both in New York, Baltusrol in New Jersey as well as the Oaks
Country Club in west Tulsa.
The original Tulsa Country Club was built in 1904 near the
present Hillcrest Hospital. It moved to its present location in
1908. In 1916 after the log cabin serving as the club house burned
down the members built a new club house located on Country Club
Drive located on the east side of the golf course. In the 1960's
they built the present clubhouse on the west side of the golf
course. The old clubhouse, pictured, was demolished. No trace of it
remains.
The course is hosting the 2008 USGA Senior Women's Amateur
Championship. It has hosted the 1960 Woman's Amateur Championship,
the 1999 NCAA Womens Championship, and hosted the LPGA Tour from
2001 through 2003.
I know an officer of country club and I thought I could talk him
into letting me hide a cache somewhere on the golf course. For some
reason he reacted as if I had suggesting hiding a micro in the
Wailing Wall. He rejected outright the idea of a 19 stage multi
starting on the first hole and ending in the men's locker room bar.
I also told him that the country club could be Tulsa's first
combination golf course and geocaching park. Anyway he told me that
he would give my proposals all the consideration that they deserve
and he would get back with me as soon as he could. I guess that he
is busy or something because I haven't heard from him for months.
He did send me the following picture. I'm thinking that it might be
the geocaching committee discussing my ideas.
Until the committee finishes their deliberations the cache is
located two blocks east the golf course.
Note: Photos courtesy of the Beryl Ford Collection, Tulsa City
County Library, Tulsa Kiwanis Club, and Tulsa Historical
Society.