Karsten Creek - Stillwater, OK

Monday, we left the home of Bill and Joyce after a nice breakfast and drove to Stillwater, OK. Like Tulsa, you may not know that Oklahoma State is the Duke of college golf, with OSU having won 10 NCAA team champions and is a perennial contender. A top 5 program deserves a top course, and, like at UT and other big schools, Oklahoma State has its own top course, which is Karsten Creek.

Located just out of the town of Stillwater, which looked very College Station like, we headed off the main road into a very rural area. The facility was top notch and being Monday morning and cold weather, we had the place to ourselves.

The course is a Fazio design and it has similar aspects to Barton Creek and UT Golf Club in Austin. So similar you could call it.. "Karton Creek". But that's a compliment.

Memorable holes were number 6 with a blind shot off the tee, and #9 and # 18, both reachable (for big hitters) par 5's that would be sure to give a lot of finishing drama. Course was in fine shape and we only saw a few other players. Those college students, even the top golfers, sure look young!

I would recommend the course not only for a good test, but also to see the history of the storied Oklahoma State program. They had a nice hall of honor set up and I enjoyed seeing it. I'll look forward to telling my friend Bob about it, since his son played golf at Oklahoma State and is a member of that Hall of Honor.