Donald Ray Sechrest (February 16, 1933 – January 20, 2006) was an American designer of more than 90 golf courses mostly in the Midwest.
Early life and amateur career Sechrest was born in St. Joseph, Missouri where he attended Christian Brothers High School. He graduated in 1956 from Oklahoma State University where he played on the varsity golf team.
Professional career In the late 1950s, shortly after graduation, he started playing on the PGA Tour. Over the course of his career, he designed many courses. His first course was Stillwater Golf and Country Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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Adams Pointe Golf Club - Blue Springs, Missouri Ames Golf & Country Club - Ames, Iowa Blue at Shangri-La Resort Afton, Oklahoma Boiling Springs Golf Course Woodward, Oklahoma Brownsville Golf & Recreation Center - Brownsville, Texas Elk City Golf & Country Club - Elk City, Oklahoma Fire Lake Golf Course - Shawnee, Oklahoma Gold at Shangri-La Resort - Afton, Oklahoma The Greens Country Club - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Heritage Hills Golf Course - Claremore, Oklahoma Heritage Park Golf Course - Olathe, Kansas Landsmeer Golf Club - Orange City, Iowa Loch Lloyd Country Club - Loch Lloyd, Missouri Loma Linda Country Club - Joplin, Missouri Mozingo Lake Golf Course - Maryville, Missouri Pinnacle Country Club - Rogers, Arkansas Silo Ridge Golf & Country Club - Bolivar, Missouri The Golf Club at Southwind - Garden City, Kansas Stillwater Country Club - Stillwater, Oklahoma Stone Creek at Page Belcher Golf Course - Tulsa, Oklahoma Stroud Golf Course - Stroud, Oklahoma Terradyne Hotel & Country Club - Andover, Kansas Twin Hills Country Club - Joplin, Missouri Ixtapan Club de Golf in Ixtapan de la Sal, Mexico Windmill Course at Indian Springs Country Club Broken Arrow, OK Back Nine Meadowbrook Country Club Tulsa, OK Carthage Municipal Golf Course Carthage, MO
Death In 2006, Sechrest died. He was interred at Ixtapan de la Sal.
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