Sunset Hills Golf Course offers year-round recreation in Guymon

Sunset Hills Golf Course gives Guymon a local place to tee off year-round. In Texas County, where recreation is often defined by weather, wide-open land, and long drives between towns, it works as a steady, local amenity that keeps people moving, meeting, and spending money close to home.

A year-round asset in the county seat

The city maintains a dedicated page for the course, and it also has a Golf Board page, folding golf into local civic planning rather than treating it as an afterthought. Guymon serves not only the city but surrounding communities across the Oklahoma Panhandle.

The course’s value lies partly in its consistency. A round of golf can fit into a weekday afternoon, a weekend outing, or a casual league night, and it gives people a reason to stay outdoors on days when a hike, lake trip, or other weather-sensitive activity may not be as appealing. For many families, it is also one of the few local activities that can bridge age groups without demanding the same level of physical effort from everyone.

What players find on the course

Sunset Hills Golf Club is a daily-fee course, which means it operates as a pay-as-you-play facility rather than a private club. That keeps the course open to local residents, travelers, and visitors passing through on U.S. Highways 54, 64, and 412 who need a place to stop in Guymon and turn a drive into a longer stay.

The course has a par of 71. GolfLink lists two tee setups at 6,397 yards and 6,052 yards, while BlueGolf shows course ratings and slopes of 71.7/127 for the longer setup and 69.6/122 for the shorter one. Those numbers point to a course that can work for different skill levels, from players looking for a full challenge to others who want a shorter, more manageable round.

TravelOK.com, Oklahoma’s official tourism site, lists it as an attraction in Guymon, and it also appears in GolfPass, the PGA of America, GolfN, Golf.com’s Course Finder, Chronogolf by Lightspeed, and Yelp.

Why it matters for livability and local spending

Sunset Hills gives Guymon another reason to keep people in town longer, and that can spill over into restaurants, shops, and lodging. For a small-business corridor, a visitor who adds a round of golf to a stop in town is also more likely to buy a meal, fill up before the next leg of the trip, or spend the night instead of driving through.

The social side matters too. Golf can serve as a regular exercise outlet, a place to meet neighbors, and a low-pressure setting for conversation that does not require a formal event or membership-heavy club culture. In a county where recreation choices are not endless, that kind of everyday access becomes part of quality of life, especially for residents looking for something dependable all year.

On its Facebook page, the course says Guymon has “more great golfing days than even Arizona.” It also calls Sunset Hills “one of the premier 18 hole facilities in Oklahoma.”

A course rooted in local history

The Jim Hitch Memorial Golf Championship’s history page traces the first location to a petition circulated in 1923 for a 9-hole course to be put where the football stadium is now.

Sunset Hills is also part of a long-running tournament tradition connected to the Jim Hitch Memorial Golf Championship.

How it fits into a Texas County day

Sunset Hills works well as the center of a simple Guymon itinerary. A round can be paired with downtown dining, a stop in Goodwell at the No Man’s Land Historical Society, or a drive through other nearby community attractions. That makes the course useful not just for golfers, but for anyone trying to stitch together a full day in Texas County without having to leave the region.