Karsten Creek Golf Club is located 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 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 12-time national champion Cowboy golf program.
Mike Holder, a former Cowboy golf coach and 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. Fellow golf course architect Andrew Green redesigned the course as part of a renovation completed in 2025.
The original layout stretched over with SR1020 bent-grass greens and zoysia fairways that wind through native blackjack oak trees. The redesigned layout stretches over with Tahoma-31 Bermuda sod fairways. Lake Louise comes into play on many holes, with the greens lying just a few yards away from the water on some occasions. Karsten 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."Karsten Creek Golf Club."Oklahoma State University. 2015.
Honors Karsten Creek Golf Club 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 again in 1998, this time awarding the course its first five-star rating, giving Karsten 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 as the best college course in the country.
Scorecard + Karsten Score Card(All measurements in yards) Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Totals Cowboy tees 542 458 198 349 481 350 206 501 623 477 209 351 425 570 217 471 471 551 7449 Member tees 496 400 177 320 456 322 165 412 535 395 169 340 404 522 175 399 428 482 6597 Fazio tees 496 377 155 297 397 286 137 396 490 362 147 303 385 492 152 367 390 440 6069 Par 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 5 72 Handicap rating 15 1 7 11 5 9 13 3 17 6 10 18 4 12 16 8 2 14 Tees Slope / Rating Cowboy tees 77.2 / 152 Member tees 73.3 / 141 Fazio tees 71.1 / 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
External links Karsten Official Site OSU Men's Golf Golf A guide to Best Golf clubs across U.S