Pawhuska at Buffalo Hills Golf Course

Buffalo Hills Golf Course sits in Pawhuska, a small town in northeastern Oklahoma's Osage County, approximately fifty miles northwest of Tulsa. The course was designed by Perry Maxwell, the Oklahoma-based architect whose work during the 1920s and 1930s established him as one of American golf's most influential designers. Maxwell, who lived and worked in the region, created several courses across Oklahoma and the surrounding states, bringing his characteristic attention to natural landforms and strategic routing to even modest municipal and daily-fee projects.

The course occupies rolling prairie terrain typical of the Osage Hills, where the landscape transitions between tallgrass prairie and oak woodlands. Maxwell's routing would have worked with the property's natural contours and elevation changes, incorporating the kind of thoughtful green complexes and strategic bunkering that marked his design philosophy even at smaller-scale projects. The setting reflects the open character of north-central Oklahoma, with views across the surrounding hills and grasslands.

Pawhuska itself is the county seat of Osage County and serves as the historic center of the Osage Nation. The town's economy has traditionally centered on ranching and oil production, and the golf course functions as a community recreational facility. Buffalo Hills provides golf in a region where courses are relatively sparse, serving local residents and visitors to this part of the Osage prairie.