
Windy Trails Course
Windy Trails Golf Club

About this course
Windy Trails Golf Club is located at Altus Air Force Base in southwestern Oklahoma, serving the military community and authorized patrons of the installation. The course sits on the high plains of the Texas Panhandle region, where wind and open terrain define both the landscape and the playing conditions. Like many military golf courses, Windy Trails provides recreational golf access to active-duty personnel, retirees, and their families at modest rates. The course reflects the character typical of base layouts: a straightforward routing across relatively flat to gently rolling terrain, with native prairie grasses and sparse tree coverage. The Oklahoma panhandle's climate—marked by significant wind, low humidity, and seasonal temperature swings—shapes the maintenance strategy and the strategic demands of play. Fairways are generally open, and hazards tend toward native rough and occasional water features rather than elaborate bunkering. Windy Trails functions as both a recreational outlet for the base population and a venue for informal tournaments and member competitions. The course is not widely known outside military circles and does not host major championships, but it serves an important role in the quality-of-life offerings at Altus AFB. Access is typically restricted to those with military affiliation or base privileges, making it a community asset rather than a public or destination course.
Quick facts
- Location
- Altus AFB, OK, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 1958
- Holes
- 18
- Par
- 71
- Length
- 6,731 yards
- Difficulty
- 71.7/122
Getting there
Windy Trails Golf Club sits within the secure grounds of Altus Air Force Base in the Oklahoma Panhandle, accessible primarily to active-duty military, retirees, and authorized Department of Defense personnel. The nearest commercial gateway is Altus Regional Airport (AUS), a modest facility roughly ten minutes from the base entrance, though most visitors arrive via the major hubs of Oklahoma City (OKC) or Amarillo, Texas (AMA), each approximately two to three hours distant by car through the flat, windswept plains of the High Plains region. The drive west from Oklahoma City carries travelers through gradually thinning landscape - the transition from prairie grassland to the open, austere terrain that defines this corner of the Panhandle - before reaching the base's main gate, where the approach to Windy Trails unfolds across the disciplined grounds of an active military installation. For those with military affiliation, the journey culminates at a course that reflects the understated excellence and camaraderie characteristic of officer and enlisted golf communities on American bases.

FAQ
Common questions about Windy Trails
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Yes. Windy Trails is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Windy Trails is 71.
Windy Trails plays 6,731 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Windy Trails is 122.
Windy Trails is a 18-hole course.



