Edmond, OK
Oak Tree National
Ernie Vossler and Joe Walser gave Pete Dye an unusually direct brief in the mid-1970s: make their Oklahoma course exceptionally difficult. The Club occupies 640 acres in Edmond and takes its name from the oak standing at the fifth hole.1
- Location
- Edmond, OK
- Course
- 18 holes · par 71
- Original architect
- Pete Dye
- Club website
- Visit website
A demanding commission in Edmond
The institution adopted the name Oak Tree National in 2009. Its own history connects that change with the ambition to continue hosting USGA and PGA championships, a role already established by its early national tournaments.1
The course
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Championships
Results and dates 3 editions
PGA Championship
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Jeff Sluman
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U.S. Amateur
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Scott Verplank
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U.S. Senior Open
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Colin Montgomerie
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Sources and editorial notes7 references
Sources for this story
- Legacy Oak Tree National
Main historical narrative and course descriptions; stale future-event language excluded.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources
- Club mark source
- PGA Tour: U.S. Senior Open verified results PGA Tour 2015 Champions media guide, PDF page 213 / printed page 212, year row establishes a completed championship and named winner. No event dates are inferred from advertised schedules. Host-club evidence: www.usga.org.
- USGA: Host States and Clubs, 1895 to Present (as of October 13, 2025) Gold club identity reviewed against the source host entry Oak Tree National, Edmond (2), 2014 Senior Open. Exact physical course and round scope remain unresolved; no single-course inference is made.
- 2026 PGA Championship Media Guide The official Media Guide directly enumerates the 70th playing, champion, site, and its year-page date span. The recorded venue and champion preserve the official PGA Championship History entry’s published text.
- PGA Championship host record The 1988 PGA record names Oak Tree. The USGA explicitly identifies Oak Tree National as the 1988 host, distinct from Oak Tree Country Club. The host Club is source-supported. A dated physical Course identity and routing bridge is still required. Host and competition dates: www.pgachampionship.com
- USGA: 2024 U.S. Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 10, 1984 result row. Scott Verplank d. Sam Randolph, 4 and 3. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Actual dates from the retrospective result table.