Golf Club History
KickingBird Golf Club - Experience the Tradition!
KickingBird Golf Club, built in 1971, is Edmond's oldest golf course. It was designed by Floyd Farley and opened on May 29, 1971. On opening weekend over 950 rounds of golf were played over three days.
KickingBird Golf Club has received many awards as the best public golf course in the state and is still recognized as one of the best courses in the Oklahoma City area. It has been chosen as Edmond's Favorite Golf Course for several years running.
Origin of the Name
The City of Edmond acquired the land to develop the golf course from the Reynolds family and the name "Kickingbird" traces back to Milton Reynolds. Milton Reynolds was the founder of the Edmond Evening Sun. His close friend was a Kiowa Indian Chief by the name of KickingBird, which Reynolds used as his pen name when writing of Indian Affairs.
Prestigious Tournaments, Storied Winners
The golf course was an immediate success for the City of Edmond and is still the City's only municipal golf course. KickingBird Golf Club has hosted many prestigious tournaments and has many storied winners.
The course was host to the Oklahoma Open from 1979 - 1985. Winners include current and former PGA Tour Players and current Champion Tour Players including Danny Edwards (1979), Jaime Gonzales (1980), Dr. Gil Morgan (1981), Doug Tewell (1982), Tom Jones (1983), Kenny Huff (1984) and Bob Tway (1985).
The course also hosted the 1988 Oklahoma State Amateur won by Andre Gossert and the OGA Stroke Play Championship won by Brad Golden in 1998 and Billy Brown in 1999.
Current Course Record
The current course record is 64 and is held by Jay Morgan and Tyler Willie.
Course Redesign
KickingBird was re-designed in 1997 by current Champions Tour player Mark Hayes. All 18 greens were rebuilt, continuous cart trails were put in, new tee boxes added and a few holes were completely re-designed.
Hole number four was converted from a Par 5 to a Par 4 moving the green further west for better circulation and the tee box was moved forward and to the east. On hole number nine, a pond was added right off of the tee box and the green was pushed further north on top of the hill, which allows golfers to finish closer to the clubhouse. On hole number twelve, the green was moved further down the hill, allowing golfers to reach the Par 5 in two and increasing air circulation for the green.
A new irrigation system was installed resulting in better course condition.
Sets of Tees
The course has four sets of tees that offer a challenge to golfers of all skill levels.
