OAK HILLS COUNTRY CLUB San Antonio, Texas
Name of Director or Manager * Cary J. Collins, PGA Director of Golf and Club Operations
Year Built *1922
Golf Course Information *
Few places in the country are blessed with the history, the tradition, the spectacular layout and a membership truly devoted to the game of golf for almost 100 years, as Oak Hills Country Club. With our golf pedigree and an eye on the future of Texas Golf, Oak Hills is a hall of fame country club.
- 1922 A.W. Tillinghast Golf Course Design, Tillinghast is one of six golf course architects in the Golf Hall of Fame
Professional Tournaments Hosted:
-23 PGA Tx. Opens-1961-1966, 1977-1994 - Champions include Arnold Palmer (2 times), Ben Crenshaw, John Mahaffey, Bill Rogers, Lee Trevino, Bruce Crampton & Bob Estes
-1987 Inaugural PGA Tour Championship – Tom Watson, Champion
-2001 USGA Jr. Amateur Championship - Henry Liaw, Champion
-9 Champions Tour Events-2002-2010 – Champions include Phil Blackmar
-12 of the 34 winners of the above events won a Major Championship in their career
Texas Golf Association Tournaments Hosted:
-Men's Am.-1950,1959,1972,2016
-Women's Am.-1948,1969,1983
-Men's Sr.-1998,2015
-Men's Mid-Am Match Play-2013
-2020 Men’s 4-Ball Championship Collegiate Tournaments Hosted:
-10 University of Tx.-San Antonio Oak Hills Invitationals-2007-2016
USGA Qualifiers Hosted:
-Am. Qualifier-2013,2018
-Jr. Am. Qualifier-2000,2001,2007,2014
-Mid Am. Qualifier-2015
-Sr. Am. Qualifier-2000
-Sr. Open Qualifier-2010
Course Ratings:
-2019 Dallas Morning News-ranked 23rd in Texas
Former PGA Golf Professionals:
Warren Smith – Professional from 1946-1963….PGA Professional of the Year in 1973
Hardy Loudermilk – Professional from 1963 -1978… PGA Professional of the Year in 1968
David Price – Professional from 1978 – 1985 – PGA Professional of the Year in 1995
Professional Players who are members of Oak Hills:
-Abraham Ancer -2019 Presidents Cup Member
-Cameron Beckman – 3-time PGA Tour Winner
-Tom Byrum - 1 time PGA Tour Winner
-Roberto Diaz - Korn Ferry Tour
-Nicholas Flanagan - 2003 U.S. Amateur Champion
-Mitchell Meissner - Latinoamerica Tour
-Kyle Pritchard - 2019 Texas State open Champion
-John Hill – Canadian Tour
Collegiate Players:
-Mac Meissner - SMU - 2019 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, 2018 AAC Freshman of the Year
-Andres Acevedo - Seton Hall
-Trenton Leffingwell - Univ. of Incarnate Word
-Levi Valadez - Sam Houston State Univ.
-Karlee Nichols - Tx. A&M Commerce
-Brian Garrett - Saint Mary's Univ.
Amateur Players:
- K.K. Compton – 1978 U.S. Senior Amateur Champion & 1980 U.S. Senior Am Runner-Up
-Colby Harwell - 2017 Tx. Player of the Year, 2017 & 2018 Tx. Mid-Am. Champ, 2017 Tx. Mid-Am. Match Play Champ
-Mitchell Meissner - 2018 Tx. Player of the Year, 2018 Tx. Am. Champion
-Danny Simmerman - 2016 S. Tx. Region Player of the Year
-Ed Sanchez - 2013 S. Tx. Region Player of the Year