Donald Sechrest Explained

Donald Sechrest
Fullname:	Donald Ray Sechrest
Birth Date:	16 February 1933
Birth Place:	St. Joseph, Missouri
Children:	Kent Sechrest, Kelly Wilson
College:	Oklahoma State University
Status:	Professional
Extour:	PGA Tour
Masters:	DNP
Usopen:	CUT: 1961
Open:	DNP
Pga:	CUT: 1961

Donald Ray Sechrest (February 16, 1933  - January 20, 2006) was an American designer of more than 90 golf courses mostly in the Midwest.

Sechrest was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he attended Christian Brothers High School. He graduated in 1956 from Oklahoma State University where he played on the varsity golf team. After graduation, he played on the PGA Tour.

His first course was Stillwater Golf and Country Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Other courses included:^[1]

• Adams Pointe Golf Club - Blue Springs, Missouri
• Ames Golf & Country Club - Ames, Iowa
• Blue at Shangri-La Resort Afton, Oklahoma
• Boiling Springs Golf Course Woodward, Oklahoma
• Brownsville Golf & Recreation Center - Brownsville, Texas
• Elk City Golf & Country Club - Elk City, Oklahoma
• Fire Lake Golf Course - Shawnee, Oklahoma
• Gold at Shangri-La Resort - Afton, Oklahoma
• The Greens Country Club - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Heritage Hills Golf Course - Claremore, Oklahoma
• Heritage Park Golf Course - Olathe, Kansas
• Landsmeer Golf Club - Orange City, Iowa
• Loch Lloyd Country Club - Loch Lloyd, Missouri
• Loma Linda Country Club - Joplin, Missouri
• Mozingo Lake Golf Course - Maryville, Missouri
• Pinnacle Country Club - Rogers, Arkansas
• Silo Ridge Golf & Country Club - Bolivar, Missouri
• The Golf Club at Southwind - Garden City, Kansas
• Stillwater Country Club - Stillwater, Oklahoma
• Stone Creek at Page Belcher Golf Course - Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Stroud Golf Course - Stroud, Oklahoma
• Terradyne Hotel & Country Club - Andover, Kansas
• Twin Hills Country Club - Joplin, Missouri
• Ixtapan Club de Golf in Ixtapan de la Sal, Mexico
• Windmill Course at Indian Springs Country Club Broken Arrow, OK
• Back Nine Meadowbrook Country Club Tulsa, OK
• Carthage Municipal Golf Course Carthage, MO

He was interred at Ixtapan de la Sal.^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://www.worldgolf.com/golf-architects/donald-sechrest.html Donald Sechrest - golf course architect - golf courses built, articles, related information
2. Web site: Kansas City Star, 2006-01-25 via pgasla.com . 2007-07-22 . 2007-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071007051230/http://www.pgasla.org/pdfs/Plain2006-02.pdf . dead .