Karsten Creek
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Karsten Creek is a golf course outside of Stillwater, Oklahoma and serves as the home course of the Oklahoma State University golf team. Karsten Creek now stands as one of the elite college golf courses in the country, and is a powerful aid in the recruiting and development of athletes in the 10-time national champion Cowboy golf program.
Mike Holder, a former Cowboy golf coach and current 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.
The course stretches over 7,100 yards with SR1020 bent-grass greens and zoysia fairways that wind through native oak trees. 110-acre Lake Louise comes into play on many holes, with the greens lying just a few yards away from the water on some occasions. Karsten Creek and Lake Louise earned their names to honor Karsten Solheim, founder of Karsten Manufacturing, 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.
[edit] Honors
Karsten Creek was opened on May 9, 1994, and earned the distinction of "Best New Course" by Golf Digest and has earned numerous accolades since. Golf Digest honored Karsten Creek again in 1998, this time awarding the course its first five-star rating, giving Karsten Creek 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. Travel & Leisure Golf magazine ranked Karsten Creek as the best college course in the country.
[edit] Scorecard
| Hole 1 | Par 5 | 530 Yards | 485 Meters | Hole 10 | Par 4 | 429 Yards | 392 Meters |
| Hole 2 | Par 4 | 428 Yards | 391 Meters | Hole 11 | Par 3 | 209 Yards | 191 Meters |
| Hole 3 | Par 3 | 194 Yards | 177 Meters | Hole 12 | Par 4 | 350 Yards | 320 Meters |
| Hole 4 | Par 4 | 339 Yards | 310 Meters | Hole 13 | Par 4 | 421 Yards | 385 Meters |
| Hole 5 | Par 4 | 472 Yards | 432 Meters | Hole 14 | Par 5 | 560 Yards | 512 Meters |
| Hole 6 | Par 4 | 344 Yards | 315 Meters | Hole 15 | Par 3 | 185 Yards | 169 Meters |
| Hole 7 | Par 3 | 200 Yards | 183 Meters | Hole 16 | Par 4 | 436 Yards | 399 Meters |
| Hole 8 | Par 4 | 440 Yards | 402 Meters | Hole 17 | Par 4 | 464 Yards | 424 Meters |
| Hole 9 | Par 5 | 624 Yards | 571 Meters | Hole 18 | Par 5 | 555 Yards | 507 Meters |
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| Academics | Academics • College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources • College of Arts & Sciences • CEAT • College of Education • College of Human Environmental Services • Edmon Low Library • William S. Spears School of Business |
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| Athletics | OSU Athletics • OSU Wrestling • Bedlam • Boone Pickens Stadium • Gallagher-Iba Arena • Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Karsten Creek • Sherman E. Smith Training Center • Bullet • Pistol Pete • National Wrestling Hall of Fame |
| Campuses | Center for Health Sciences • Oklahoma City • Okmulgee • OSU Medical Center • Stillwater • Tulsa |
| History | History • Old Central |
| People | List of OSU people • List of OSU Olympians • List of OSU Greeks |
| Student Life | Colvin Center • Daily O'Collegian • Eskimo Joe's • Homecoming • Orange Peel • Student Union |
