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OGA ED Mark Felder
MARK FELDER OGA Executive Director
FROM THE OGA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OGA expands with new junior series
As golf continues to grow and thrive in the state, so does the OGA.
This will be the second year for our Women’s Stroke Play Championship, to be held at Meadowbrook Country Club on Aug. 15-16 in conjunction with the men’s Senior Stroke Play Championship.
Already many of the best college players in the state are telling us they are planning their summer schedules around it to make sure they can play.
Brand new this summer is a series of six junior events to be held in conjunction with the Texas Junior Golf Tour. These events are going to add to the OJGT events already held in the spring and fall, giving our Oklahoma juniors even more quality events.
Golfers can enter at www.okgolf.org or www.tjgt.com – the schedule is below.
We’re very excited about our 2022 OGA calendar as well. Our flagship event, the State Amateur Championship, is July 25-29 at Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club. The pros play one Perry Maxwell gem in May at Southern Hills, the amateurs will fight it out on another Maxwell masterpiece. The restoration by Tripp Davis and the turfgrass conditions presented by superintendent Nathan Neumann are superb.
Other tournaments of note: The State Stroke Play is June 20-22 at historic Dornick Hills in Ardmore. Maxwell’s first course was recently restored by Tom Doak and we’re looking forward to seeing the finished product.
The Boys and Girls State Junior Championship has moved to Lincoln Park West Course in Oklahoma City for 2022, as its usual home at Kickingbird GC in Edmond is closed for renovations.
The OGA would also like to announce our four scholarship recipients for 2022. They were selected from a deep field of applicants this spring and we thank everyone for their entries. We are glad to help these four deserving youngsters with their college educations.
The recipients are: • The Bill Barrett Scholarship: Conner Cryer of Tipton, who plans to attend the University of Science and Arts in Oklahoma City. • The Roy Oxford Scholarship: Buddy Wehrli of Tulsa, college plans undecided. • The Corky Billen Scholarship: Sutton McMillan of Choctaw, who plans to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford • The Gene Mortensen Scholarship: Ramsey Gunter of Edmond, who plans to attend Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee.
The OGA offers its congratulations to all of these exemplary young students.
2022 OGA SCHEDULE Visit www.okgolf.org for more information
Date Event Location
May 9-10 Four Ball and Senior Four Ball Cedar Ridge CC, Broken Arrow June 6-9 Junior Boys and Girls Championship Lincoln Park GC, OKC June 14-17 Senior State Amateur The Trails GC, Norman June 20-22 Stroke Play Championship Dornick Hills CC, Ardmore July 12 State Amateur Qualifier Lincoln Park GC, OKC
July 14 State Amateur Qualifier
Bailey Ranch GC, Owasso July 18-19 Mid-Amateur Hillcrest CC, Bartlesville July 25-29 State Amateur Championship Oklahoma City G&CC, OKC Aug. 15-16 Senior Stroke Play Championship Meadowbrook CC, Tulsa Aug. 15-16 Women's Stroke Play Championship Meadowbrook CC, Tulsa Aug. 18 Oklahoma Open qualifier Oak Tree CC West, Edmond
Aug. 25-27 Oklahoma Open Oak Tree CC, Edmond
2022 Red River Series Visit www.okgolf.org
Date Location
May 31-June 1 Bailey Ranch Golf Course, Owasso
June 14-15 Earlywine North Golf Course, Oklahoma City
June 27-28 Muskogee Golf Club
July 27-28 Battle Creek Golf Course, Broken Arrow
Aug 1-2 Dornick Hills Golf Club, Ardmore
Aug 8-9 Lake Hefner North Golf Course, Oklahoma City
