Southern Hills Country Club
Club information
LocationTulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Established1936
TypePrivate
Total holes27
Websitesouthernhillscc.com
Front Nine / Back Nine Course
Designed byPerry Maxwell (1936) Gil Hanse (2019 renovation)
Par71[lower-alpha 1]
Length7,481 yards (6,841 m)
Course rating78.2
Slope rating142
West Nine Course
Designed byBen Crenshaw / Bill Coore
Par35
Length2,969 yards (2,715 m)
Course rating36.3

Southern Hills Country Club is a private golf and country club in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

History

The club was established in 1935[1] from land donated by multimillionaire oilman Waite Phillips (Frank Phillips, Waite's brother, was the namesake and founder of the predecessor to Phillips 66. Waite worked with his brother for a time before starting his own oil company). Phillips had earned an oil fortune and, upon the crash of the stock market, Phillips became The First National Bank of Tulsa's chairman. With his oil money and with his reputation, Bill Warren and Cecil Canary asked Phillips to sponsor the development of a new country club. The boosters argued that there was the need for a family-oriented club that would include a swimming pool, stable, horseback trails, polo field, skeet range, tennis courts, clubhouse and golf course.[2] Phillips was skeptical of this proposition, and in response he told Warren and Canary that they had a couple of weeks to assume 150 pledges to become members of this club, with each of those pledges paying $1,000 each, to ensure his cooperation.[2] The construction costs were raised by the founding members.[2] The clubhouse, designed in "English country manor" style by Tulsa architects John Duncan Forsyth and Donald McCormick, opened on October 17, 1936;[3] the clubhouse was extensively renovated during a three-year project prior to the 2007 PGA tournament.[4]

Murder

On May 27, 1981, Roger Wheeler, a Tulsa businessman and owner of Miami's World Jai Alai, was murdered in the parking lot of the club. The killing was ordered by Winter Hill Gang mobster Whitey Bulger, who discovered that Wheeler had uncovered the gang's ongoing embezzlement from the jai alai organization.[5][6][7]

Golf courses and amenities

Once the money was raised, the pledges signed, and the land was donated, the main 18-hole golf course was laid out by golf course designer Perry Maxwell. The course was later on renovated by Keith Foster in 1999. Maxwell, a friend of Phillips, oversaw the entire project and its construction.[2]

There is also a 9-hole West Course that was designed by Ben Crenshaw in 1992. Southern Hills also has the typical facilities of a country club, including extensive banqueting facilities, a fitness center, swimming and diving pools, and tennis courts. Southern Hills offers swimming, personal training, and tennis instruction. The course is ranked No. 30 among Golf Digest's 2013–2014 "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses".[8]

Course layout

Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
2022 PGA Championship 4685004723776562144892513913,818 4411734566322304175273714913,7387,556
Par Championship 44445343435 4345344443570
Pink 78.2/142 4725004443776562264432203953,733 4061734616322304175673714913,7487,481
Blue 74.7/139 4514404063566001704242003673,414 3741504365291923885223364233,3506,764
Green M:72.2/134
W:76.6/135		 4224093773305621383881803473,153 3501504154951713714853154013,1536,306
Gold M:69.6/129
W:74.8/129		 4223353393144681133661503242,831 3321283914631463394472873792,9125,743
White M:66.7/123
W:70.6/123		 3843062792654351133491212952,547 2541073584131222804242623322,5525,099
Par Men's 44445343435 4345345443671
Par Women's 54445343436 4355345453874

Lengths of the course in previous major championships:

U.S. Open Championship

  • 2001: 6,973 yards , Par 70
  • 1977: 6,873 yards , Par 70
  • 1958: 6,907 yards , Par 70

PGA Championship

  • 2022: 7,556 yards , Par 70
  • 2007: 7,131 yards , Par 70
  • 1994: 6,834 yards , Par 70
  • 1982: 6,862 yards , Par 70
  • 1970: 6,962 yards , Par 70

Senior PGA Championship

  • 2021: 6,968 yards , Par 70
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4514554063776001884242203953,5164061734365292044174853424603,4526,968
Par444453434354345344443570

Golf tournaments hosted at Southern Hills

Southern Hills has hosted eight major championships for men, including the U.S. Open three times (1958, 1977, 2001)[9] and five PGA Championships (1970, 1982, 1994, 2007, 2022).[2] It is the only course to host the PGA Championship five times. Southern Hills also hosted the first-ever U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur in 1987, and the U.S. Women's Amateur was played at Southern Hills in 1946.[10]

Winners

YearTournamentWinner
1946U.S. Women's AmateurUnited States Babe Zaharias
1953U.S. Junior AmateurUnited States Rex Baxter
1958U.S. OpenUnited States Tommy Bolt
1961U.S. Senior AmateurUnited States Dexter Daniels
1965U.S. AmateurUnited States Bob Murphy
1970PGA ChampionshipUnited States Dave Stockton
1977U.S. Open (2)United States Hubert Green
1982PGA Championship (2)United States Raymond Floyd
1987U.S. Women's Mid-AmateurUnited States Cindy Schofield
1994PGA Championship (3)Zimbabwe Nick Price
1995Tour ChampionshipUnited States Billy Mayfair
1996Tour Championship (2)United States Tom Lehman
2001U.S. Open (3)South Africa Retief Goosen
2007PGA Championship (4)United States Tiger Woods
2009U.S. Amateur (2)South Korea Byeong-Hun An
2021Senior PGA ChampionshipGermany Alex Cejka
2022PGA Championship (5)United States Justin Thomas
2024U.S. Women's Amateur (2)
Bolded years are major championships on the PGA Tour.

Notes

  1. ↑ The course par has been reduced to 70 for some tournaments, including major championships.

References

  1. ↑ "About Us - Southern Hills Country Club".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "PGA.com". Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  3. ↑ Davis, Kirby Lee (April 19, 2013). "These Walls: Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa". The Journal Record. Archived from the original on December 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ Davis, Kirby Lee (May 3, 2013). "These Walls: Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa. Believe it or not, many famous people are members of southern hills country club. some include: john mabee, george kaiser, hip-hop and R&B musical artist, Ski Mask The Slump God- aka Stokeley Clevon Goulbourne, and the ceo of the cooking and cleaning company, arm and hammer. (part 2)". The Journal Record. Archived from the original on December 7, 2018.
  5. ↑ Murphy, Shelley; Valencia, Milton J. (July 18, 2013). "Daughter of slain Tulsa businessman Roger Wheeler testifies at Bulger trial". Tulsa World. Tulsa, OK. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via The Boston Globe.
  6. ↑ "The Consequences of a 1981 Mob Hit at a Venerable Country Club Still Linger". Golf. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Black Mass movie connected to Tulsa". KJRH. September 18, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  8. ↑ Whitten, Ron. "Golf Digest". Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  9. ↑ "USGA.org". Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Southern Hills Country Club". Retrieved March 31, 2014.

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