Unveiling the New Tulsa Country Club! Course Redesign - Rees Jones.… · Walker Cups, one...

Rees Jones undertook the $6 million project, which included the installation of a new irrigation system and pump house, to produce myriad updates, including:

• Building18newgreenstoUSGAspecifications• Rebuildinggreensidecomplexesandbunkersurrounds• Plantingnewand,insomecases,relocatingtreestoimproveshotvariety• Creatingstrategicfairwaybunkeringatallthepar4sand5s–41new

bunkersinall• Regradingthefairwaystoimprovesurfacedrainage• Replacingthemajorityofthecartpaths• Enlargingandredefiningallponds,includinganew1.5-acre

irrigationpond.• Replacingallbridges,subterraneandrainagepipesandotherinfrastructure.

Unveiling the New Tulsa Country Club!

Rees Jones’ redesign of the Tulsa Country Club course offers new features while retaining its original character.

Rees Jones: “The Open Doctor”Joneswasnicknamedthe“TheOpenDoctor”forhisredesignworkatsevenU.S.OpenhostcoursesaswellassixPGAChampionships,fourRyderCups,twoWalkerCups,onePresident’sCupandthePGA’sTourChampionship.

JoneshasbeenlistedeveryyeartoGolfDigest’sTop5GolfCourseArchitectslistsinceitsinception(hecurrentlystandsintheNo.2position).

Joneshasdesignedorredesignedthefollowingrenownedgolfcourses:• Baltusrol,Springfield,N.J.• BethpageStatePark(Black),Farmingdale,N.Y.• CogHill#4-Dubsdread,Lemont,Ill.• CongressionalCountryClub(Blue),Bethesda,Md.• EastLakeGolfClub,Atlanta• HazeltineNationalGolfClub,Chaska,Minn.• MedinahCountryClub(CourseThree),Medinah,Ill.• OaklandHillsCountryClub(SouthCourse),BloomfieldHills,Mich.• PinehurstCountryClub(Nos.2and7),Pinehurst,N.C.• TheCountryClub,Brookline,Mass.• TorreyPinesGolfCourse(SouthCourse),LaJolla,Calif.• WaldorfAstoriaGolfClub,Orlando,Fla.