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Like other courses in
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ranked Oak Tree
National #51 in their Americas 100 Greatest Golf Courses. Also, they ranked it second in the state of Oklahoma. The course was redesigned by Pete Dye in 2002. The course measures 7,412 yards from the tournament tees and 6,873 yards from the championship tees. However, for the 2006
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criticized it as a possible symbol of racism in an
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in 1990. Later on, it was publicized that Oak Tree had few or no minority or women members in its membership. This further caused the PGA of
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in a playoff with a final score of 279, five under par.
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195:7,412 yards
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598:References
532:Tim Thelen
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366:Tournament
351:Sydney Cox
343:Kevin Tway
319:Gil Morgan
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273:Bent grass
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89:Location
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369:Winner
155:Website
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