Wichita Golf Courses & Tee Times

Who runs public golf in Wichita

The City of Wichita Parks & Recreation Golf Division runs MacDonald, Arthur B. Sim, Auburn Hills and Tex Consolver, all booked through GolfWichita.com or the Golf Wichita app. Fees are set by the Wichita Golf Board of Governors and the division manager. There is no resident card. Instead, the city sells monthly memberships that cover green fees at all four courses. As of 2026 an adult (26 to 61) pays $126 a month, a young adult $89, a senior $88 and a couple $145. Memberships are sold online only. A multi-year irrigation plan is replacing the sprinkler systems at all four courses by 2028.

Public courses worth knowing in Wichita

• MacDonald Park Golf Course: The original Wichita Country Club, dating to 1913. Par 72, 6,958 yards with cottonwood-lined fairways, and home to First Tee Greater Wichita's youth campus since 2020.
• Arthur B. Sim Golf Course: Par 71, 6,330 yards, in a bend of the Arkansas River near downtown. The city acquired the land in 1917. Visit Wichita notes stone tee shelters built by the National Youth Administration in the 1930s.
• Tex Consolver Golf Course: Bob Dunning's prairie layout in Pawnee Prairie Park. At 7,361 yards it is one of the longest courses in Kansas, with water on six holes.
• Auburn Hills Golf Course: A Perry Dye design with wetlands, rolling hills and tight corridors. The city says it hosts USGA and Kansas Golf Association events.
• Sand Creek Station - Sand Creek Station: Jeff Brauer design in Newton, opened in 2006, with a copy of the Road Hole green at 16. It hosted the 2014 U.S. Amateur Public Links.

Booking tee times in Wichita: the local rules

At the four city courses, individual golfers can book up to 7 days ahead, one tee time a day each. Registered play groups can hold up to four times a day. The city strongly encourages booking online or in the Golf Wichita app, and every player checks in at the pro shop before teeing off.

Why tee times in Wichita are hard to get

The season in Wichita runs roughly from spring to late fall. The first warm weekends in spring and the cool, dry weekends of fall are the hardest to book.

Most public courses open their tee sheet a set number of days ahead, often 7 to 14, and many municipal courses give residents or card holders an earlier window. The best weekend-morning times usually go the day they're released. Leagues and outings take blocks of the sheet before the public ever sees them.

When tee time cancellations happen

A full tee sheet rarely stays full. Many courses let you cancel without a fee up to 24 or 48 hours before your time, so spots tend to reappear in the last couple of days. A bad forecast shakes more loose, and a foursome that drops to three opens a single. None of it is announced. The time just shows up again on the booking page, and whoever looks first gets it.

How to get a tee time in Wichita

Doing it by hand? Here's what works.

1. Know the booking window. Find out how many days ahead each course releases times, and whether residents get an earlier window. Be ready the morning it opens.
2. Look again 24 to 48 hours out. That's when most cancellation deadlines pass and spots come back.
3. Be flexible on group size. Singles and twosomes fit into gaps a foursome can't.
4. Try twilight and weekday afternoons. They're the last to fill and often cheaper.
5. Keep a quicker course in your back pocket. Nine-hole and executive courses are easier to get on and play faster. Around here that includes Andover Municipal Golf Course.

Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked