Falconhead Resort & Country Club

Detailed description of Falconhead Resort & Country Club

Falconhead Resort & Country Club is a Resort 18 hole golf course located in Burneyville, Oklahoma.

Falconhead Resort & Country Club first opened for play in 1957. The course was redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1970.

Originally known as Turner's Lodge, it made golf history in the 1950's and 1960's as the smallest site ever to host both of golf's professional tours, the LPGA for women and the PGA for men. It was founded by Southern Oklahoma oil millionaire Waco Turner. The layout underwent a redesign by golf course architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr., and a name-change to Falconhead Resort & Country Club, in 1970

The front nine was built on flat terrain, and the back nine was built on hilly terrain.

Par for the course is 72. From the back tees the course plays to 6376 yards. From the forward tees the course measures 4626 yards. The longest hole on the course is # 8, a par-5 that plays to 534 yards. The shortest hole on the course is # 5, a par-3 that plays to 159 yards from the back tees.

Watch out for # 3, a 399 yard par-4 challenge and the #1 handicap hole on the course. The easiest hole at Falconhead Resort & Country Club is # 2, a 477 yard par-5.