Quail Ridge Golf Course

Quail Ridge Golf Course in Winfield, Kansas, was designed by Jerry Slack, a regional architect who worked primarily in Kansas and Oklahoma during the latter decades of the twentieth century. The course serves the south-central Kansas community, situated in Cowley County near the Oklahoma border where the landscape transitions from the Flint Hills region to the Arkansas River lowlands. The terrain in this area typically features gentle rolling land with native grasses and scattered tree cover, characteristics that inform the routing and playing corridors. The course operates as a public facility, providing golf access to residents of Winfield and the surrounding agricultural communities. Slack's design work in this region generally emphasized playability for a range of skill levels while working within the natural topography and existing vegetation. Courses of this era and type in Kansas often incorporate water features, either natural drainage patterns or constructed ponds, as strategic elements and visual interest in the relatively open prairie landscape. Quail Ridge functions as the primary golf venue for its area, hosting local tournaments and league play typical of municipal and daily-fee courses in smaller Kansas towns. The facility reflects the golf infrastructure that developed across the Great Plains to serve communities where the game provides recreational and social gathering opportunities beyond the major metropolitan centers.