Oklahoma
Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma Golf Courses & Tee Times
Southern Oklahoma is where Oklahoma golf architecture starts. Perry Maxwell built the first nine at Dornick Hills in Ardmore in 1913 and added nine more in 1923, and his role at Augusta National grew after Alister MacKenzie died in 1934. Dornick Hills was the first Oklahoma club tied to the USGA, in 1914. Tom Doak restored it in 2020-21, and Maxwell is buried beside the 7th fairway. For daily-fee golf, the draws are Lake Murray State Park near Ardmore, Chickasaw Pointe on Lake Texoma and the Army course at Fort Sill.
Good weekend tee times in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma go fast, and the ones that come back later (cancellations, groups that shrink) aren't announced. Yoink watches the tee sheets at 7 public courses here, from Kingston, Comanche, Duncan, Ardmore and Waurika, and tells you the moment a time you want opens up.
The longest layout here is Fort Sill Golf Course at 6,585 yards.
Who runs public golf in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Parks run the course at Lake Murray State Park: 18 holes under big oaks, with a natural waterfall, a pro shop built in stone and wood to match the park's CCC buildings, and an airstrip next to the course. Seniors get weekday discounts at set times. Fort Sill Golf Club is run by Army MWR and is open to the public. It is a wooded parkland course of about 6,500 yards, with Medicine Creek on the back nine. It is open dawn to dusk and closed Mondays except holidays.
Public courses worth knowing in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma
- Chickasaw Pointe: Randy Heckenkemper design on Lake Texoma in Kingston. Par 72, about 7,000 yards from the back tees, with a downhill par-4 6th toward the lake.
- Fort Sill Golf Club: Laid out in 1946 on wooded land at Fort Sill. Flipper's ditch crosses the 15th and 16th fairways, and Custer's bivouac was on the 14th. Open to the public.
Booking tee times in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma: the local rules
Lake Murray State Park takes tee times online through a link on TravelOK. Fort Sill is closed Mondays except holidays. We found no published booking windows for the area's courses.
Yoink
Book on release day, then let Yoink watch the rest
Booking windows decide who gets first pick. After that, times come back one at a time as plans change. Yoink watches all 7 courses in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma and tells you when a time that fits comes back, so you're not refreshing the page all week.
7 courses in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma
Comanche
Waurika
Other
Why tee times in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma are hard to get
Spring and fall are peak season in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma. In summer the heat pushes everyone toward early morning, so the first few hours of the day fill before anything else.
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 Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma
Yoink
Every course in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma on one watchlist: all 7 of them
Yoink watches all 7 courses in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma for you. The open tee times sit in one place instead of a dozen booking pages, and your phone buzzes the moment one fits your day, time window and group, cancellations included.
Doing it by hand? Here's what works.
- 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.
- Look again 24 to 48 hours out. That's when most cancellation deadlines pass and spots come back.
- Be flexible on group size. Singles and twosomes fit into gaps a foursome can't.
- Try twilight and weekday afternoons. They're the last to fill and often cheaper.
- Widen the map. If your first choice is full, check the next town over. Kingston has 1 courses on Yoink and Comanche has 1.
Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked
Tee times in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma: questions
How do I get notified when a tee time opens up in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma?
Set a watch in Yoink for the courses you want, the days you can play, a time window and the number of players. Yoink checks those tee sheets every few minutes and sends a notification as soon as a matching time appears, cancellations included. You book it directly with the course.
When do tee time cancellations usually show up?
Mostly in the 24 to 48 hours before the tee time, as golfers cancel ahead of the course's cancellation deadline, and whenever the weather forecast changes. They appear without notice and tend to be rebooked quickly.
How far in advance can you book a tee time in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma?
It depends on the course. Many public courses open bookings 7 to 14 days ahead, and town or county courses often give residents an earlier window. Each course's own booking page has its policy.
When is golf busiest in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma?
Demand is highest in spring and fall, and early in the morning in summer. Weekend mornings are always the hardest tee times to get.
Does Yoink book the tee time for me?
No. Yoink tells you when a time opens; you book it with the course on its own booking page, at the course's price, with no extra fee.
More golf in Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City & Tulsa · 44 courses
- Grand Lake & Northeast Oklahoma · 7 courses
- Northwest Arkansas · 1 courses
- More Oklahoma · 3 courses
Just across the state line
Markets with courses within 25 miles of a course here.
- Dallas–Fort Worth, TX · 83 courses
- Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma, TX · 1 courses
Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- travelok.com · government
- travelok.com · government
- travelok.com · government
- oklahoma.golf · tourism
- sill.armymwr.com · government
- okhistory.org · media
- en.wikipedia.org · wikipedia
- oklahoma.golf · tourism
- web.archive.org · association
Tee times in Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma, without the refreshing
Watch as many courses as you like. When a time opens that fits your day, window and group, Yoink tells you first.