The rich heritage of the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club dates back to the mid-1940s when the land was home to a U.S. Navy recreational facility. Once called “South Base,” the facility served as an annex to the Norman (Okla.) Naval Air Station.

Behind the leadership of University of Oklahoma president George Lynn Cross and with the assistance of the Navy, construction began on the OU Golf Course in 1949. Renowned architect and Oklahoma resident Perry Maxwell, whose designs include Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan., and Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., was commissioned for the project and the course opened for play in January 1951.

PAR AND YARDAGE: The Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club will be set up to play at 6,214/6,351 yards and will play to a par of 36-36—72. (Note: Yardages subject to change)  

ARCHITECT: Perry Maxwell, whose layouts include Prairie Dunes Country Club and Southern Hills Country Club, designed the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club, which opened in 1951. An extensive renovation in 1996 was done by Robert Cupp, but many of Maxwell’s original design features were preserved.

WHO CAN ENTER: Open to female amateur golfers who, since Jan. 1, 2013, have been bona fide public course players and have not held privileges of any course that does not extend playing privileges to the general public, or privileges of any private club maintaining its own course and have a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 18.4. A bona fide public course player may hold incidental privileges of a course not open to the public when such privileges are provided by (1) an educational institution at which she is a student, or (2) a federal armed service of which she is a member or retired member, or (3) an industry by which she is employed or retired.

THE RULES OF GOLF APP
Get The Rules of Golf App For Your iPhone, BlackBerry Or Android Today
Follow the USGA
Become a Facebook Fan of the USGAFollow us on Twitter @USGA
World Amateur Golf Ranking
WAGR Counting Event