Golfers at Tulsa's two municipal golf complexes are spending more in the pro shop and hitting the links more often, city officials say, following a renovation push that has reshaped Page Belcher and Mohawk Park golf courses over the past year. The City of Tulsa owns both facilities, which together offer 72 holes of public golf across four 18-hole courses.
The turnaround traces back to a leadership change. As reported by News on 6, Sidorakis Golf now manages Page Belcher and Mohawk Park, and the City of Tulsa invested $2.3 million in capital spending at the courses in 2025. That spending covered sodding 11 acres of fairways and greens, replacing equipment, and renting new golf carts. The company took over daily operations after the City of Tulsa awarded it a five-year management contract in January 2025, replacing Indigo Sports, a Troon company that had run the courses since 2008, according to Golf Oklahoma.
The renovations, which started in 2024, kicked off a broader turnaround at both courses. Sidorakis Golf reported to the Tulsa Parks and Recreation Board that municipal golf net income jumped 400% after the company took control, a figure tied to the $2.2 million in capital investments, per Tulsa Flyer. Golfers are now playing more rounds and spending more in the pro shop at Page Belcher and Mohawk, per News on 6's reporting, and both properties are attracting more golfers overall.
Rapid Fixes After Years of Neglect
The pace of change was immediate once Sidorakis Golf took over daily operations on April 1, 2025. The company renovated more than 40 sand bunkers across the properties, installed a $500,000 irrigation pump station at Mohawk Park, laid $100,000 in new fairway sod, and cut round prices, according to the same account from Public Radio Tulsa. That work followed years of criticism over poor agronomic conditions under the previous operator.
The financial backbone for these upgrades goes back further. The initial $2 million funding package for the municipal golf upgrades combined a $1 million City of Tulsa American Rescue Plan Act match with $1 million raised in private donations, according to Club + Resort Business. Former Southern Hills Country Club general manager Nick Sidorakis helped spearhead that private fundraising drive.
The Tulsa parks director credited Sidorakis Golf with transforming the two courses and creating a plan for the future, per News on 6's reporting. That future plan is already taking shape: a new master plan for Page Belcher and Mohawk is expected this fall, and it will include suggestions for new flood control at Mohawk, addressing a persistent vulnerability at the park. Mohawk Golf Course was closed for 38 days in 2025 because high water kept it shut, underscoring why flood mitigation remains central to the courses' long-term plans.
Historic Layouts With National Pedigree
Mohawk Park's Woodbine course carries serious architectural weight. It was originally designed in 1927 by Perry Maxwell, the legendary golf architect who also designed Tulsa's Southern Hills Country Club and later modified greens at Augusta National Golf Club, according to the Perry Maxwell Archive. The Mohawk Park complex includes two 18-hole layouts, Woodbine and Pecan Valley.
Page Belcher has its own tournament history. Its original 18-hole layout, Olde Page, opened in 1977 and went on to host the 1988 USGA Women's Public Links Championship, before a second 18-hole course, Stone Creek, was added in 1987, per TravelOK. Both layouts feature zoysia fairways.
Part Of A Broader Municipal Golf Boom
Tulsa's investment fits into a national pattern of cities doubling down on public golf. National Golf Foundation data published in July 2026 shows U.S. municipal golf courses reached a record high of nearly 3,000 courses across 2,600 facilities, expanding 7% since 2006, while private and daily fee public courses contracted by 12% and 18% respectively, according to Club + Resort Business. Municipal courses have increasingly become critical entry points for casual play as those other categories shrink.
The demand behind that trend shows up in the numbers, too. Golf Datatech and National Golf Foundation figures released in July 2026 indicate total U.S. golf rounds played during the first half of 2026 ran more than 4% ahead of 2025's record-setting pace, per the National Golf Foundation. Junior golf participation has also climbed, reaching a 20-year high in 2025-2026 with nearly 4 million players aged 6 to 17, a 58% increase since 2019, according to Drake & Birdie.
Tulsa's golf courses have stayed in the local spotlight for other reasons too. Hoodline previously reported on Tulsa's Senior Games bid, which includes golf competitions set for 2027, giving the city's newly renovated courses another turn on a bigger stage.
